Why would we need social enterprise?

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Social entrepreneurship is “identifying a social problem and using for-profit entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve a desired social change”. Social entrepreneur knows how to create the lifestyle they desire while doing good.

Even though theUnited Nations was funded for the universe,helping everyone in the world is a task that is too huge to achieve. There are many problems such as global economic downturn, personal debt, and low job security. However, social entrepreneurship can offer solution because it can help you create your own lifestyle while making a difference. Eventually, these differences will change the world.

Toms Shoes is one example. Toms was founded by Blake Mycoskie. He was traveling around Argentina and he noticed that the locals were wearing a form of shoes that is made from canvas or cotton fabric and is the classic of Toms shoes. Later in the trip, he saw that there were many children who were barefooted. He was aware that a lack of shoes was a serious and wide situation in Argentina. When he got back the US, he started this company with a philosophy that every time they sell a pair of shoes, they going to give a pair of shoes to a poor child.

There are many social entrepreneurs like Blake Mycoskie. It is their social entrepreneurship that offers them such a solid market. They not only create profit but also bring a better life to those children. The world is changing because of social entrepreneurship.

 

Work Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toms_Shoes

http://www.academia.edu/6661221/Fundermetal_of_Entrepreneurship

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