When I first got into business school, I thought I was going to learn all about making money. I came here thinking that lectures were to teach me how to compete and survive in the tough business world. Yet slowly, I’ve come to realize that’s not the case.
Lauren Bush launched the Feed Project to fight world hunger
After I read articles on fashion entrepreneurship in Rwanda, Africa and on Lauren Bush, niece of former President George Bush, who is also a fashion model turned social entrepreneur, I understood real life examples of social entrepreneurship and reinforced the knowledge I learnt in class.
As I read the articles, I had an epiphany. The goal of business isn’t to make the most money, or to defeat competition, those are by-products of a successful business. A successful business should aim to positively impact its surroundings (including people inside and outside the company), and that is exactly what social entrepreneurship is about. Social entrepreneurship focuses on the well-being of others while sustaining a company like a traditional business would. The question is: What do you want to change? I don’t go to business class to learn how to make money; I go to business class to learn how to make a difference.