Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know
Tom Suddes | April 23, 2010
David Bornstein just wrote a new book with Susan Davis called Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.
I just finished it a couple of days ago and I’ve already sent 25 copies to the Unreasonable Institute and ten copies to Sparkseed (two awesome groups that are helping young social entrepreneurs from around the world).
I’m not going to attempt to do any kind of summary of the book. I would recommend, encourage and urge anybody in our For Impact world to order this book and read it immediately.
Nick, Kerry and I are always encouraging everyone we’re with to THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR. (Entrepreneur’s Mantra: THINK BIG. BUILD SIMPLE. ACT NOW.)
This book gives you some great ways to understand and apply the whole idea of entrepreneurship/social entrepreneurship.
DISCLAIMER: Urging you to buy this book is somewhat self-serving. It’s all about IMPACT! “Social impact!” “Impact investors.” “Impact investing.” “High impact”, etc.
Plus, on the first page (Note On Terms), before the introduction and in the very first line:
“No field of work should be defined in the negative.”
WOW! As you all know, this has been driving us for the last ten years.
Impact Drives Income. Stop defining yourself in the negative.
***If you’re a young social entrepreneur… looking to change the world… just drop me an email and I’ll have David’s and Susan’s book shipped to you from Amazon.
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Srivyal - April 24th, 2010 6:26 am
Sir, I am Srivyal Vuyyuri, Director of a FOR IMPACT organization called Sphoorti Foundation in India.
I would like to request you mail a copy of Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.
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Best Regards
Srivyal Vuyyuri
Founder/Director
Sphoorti Foundation
484, EC Nagar,
HCL Post, Hyderabad
INDIA
94901
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Ronald Tsang - April 24th, 2010 10:57 am
Hi Tom,
Thanks so much for your post and kind offer about send young entrepreneurs David and Susan’s book! I would love to receive a copy of the book.
I work for Toronto Community Housing and we are the 2nd largest social housing provider in North America with 164,000 tenants. We’re new and in the midst of spreading social entrepreneurship / entrepreneurship to our tenants.
Best regards,
Ronald Tsang
Consultant, Social Enterprise Development & Partnerships
Toronto Community Housing
931 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 2H2
Canada
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Mark Hiew - April 25th, 2010 10:49 pm
Dear Tom,
Thanks for this inspiring post and offer to send out the book. I too would love to receive a copy!
I am working in Beijing, looking to spread the concept of social entrepreneurship among China’s leading university students. Our organization is new and the industry is still in its most nascent stages here. However, if ever there is a country in which social entrepreneurs can have a significant, scalable impact, then this is the one!
Thanks so much,
Mark Hiew
Junior Achievement China
Suite 201, Unit 5, Building 5, Ju Long Garden, 68 Xin Zhong Jie
Beijing 100027, China
Phone: 86-10-6551-5235
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Chapin Cole - April 27th, 2010 12:16 pm
I would love a copy of the book, thank you! My address:
Chapin Cole
3930 Louisiana St #9
San Diego, CA 92104
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Latha Suresh - June 9th, 2010 1:50 am
Dear Tom,
I would love to have a copy of this book. We at CSIM have translated the first book of David Bornstein – How to Change the world – in Tamil, a South Indian Language to promote the concept of social entrepreneurship in our state. I would be grateful if you could send me a copy as I am eagerly looking forward to reading it.
Latha Suresh
63 South beach Avenue, First St.,
MRC Nagar
Chennai – 600 028
India
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Scott Moore - September 2nd, 2010 2:55 pm
Tom:
This sounds like a great book – I’d love to read it and share it with the participants of our program “Blueprints”, which trains youth in entrepreneurship with the vision of transforming their community in North York, Toronto, Canada. (You can read about it at blueprintsjanefinch.com.)
Scott Moore
Youth Unlimited
50 Gervais Drive, Suite 302
Toronto, ON
M3C 1Z3
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