What Social Entrepreneurs Do

Social entrepreneurs are people who see – and grasp – a previously overlooked opportunity to make a fundamental improvement in the way society operates. They begin by noticing a place where society is stuck, and they simply will not rest until they have converted their vision for "fixing" this problem into reality. They apply the same highly-focused resourcefulness and creativity that one finds in successful business entrepreneurs. Here are a few examples of leading social entrepreneurs. Their images are superimposed on the region where they have started their work: