Social Entrepreneurship Resources

Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship

• Ashoka Fellows
• Skoll Entrepreneurs
• CASE at Duke

General Links Related to Social Entrepreneurship

• Ashoka
• The Skoll Foundation
• Social Edge
• Ashoka Changemakers
• Net Impact
• Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneurs
• Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Beyond Grey Pinstripes
• B Corp

Social Entrepreneurship in the Media

• Fast Company’s Social Capitalist Awards
• Businessweek: Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs, 2011
• The Wall Street Journal: Social Entrepreneurship Gains Ground at Business Schools
• New York Times: Faces of Social Entrepreneurship (slideshow)
• Inc.: Young Entrepreneurs, Giving Back
• Google: Project 10 to the 100 Winners
• Good: The Good 100

Social Entrepreneurship at Universities

• FAACU: Everyone a Changemaker (PDF)
• MSNBC: More business schools embracing do-gooders
• The New York Times: Business Schools With a Social Appeal

Books on Social Entrepreneurship

• David Bornstein: “Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Amazon)
• David Bornstein: “How to Change the World” (Amazon)
• Andrew Wolk: “Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact” (Amazon)
• Wei-Skillern et. al.: “Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector” (Amazon)
• Elkington et. al.: “The Power of Unreasonable People” (Amazon)
• Crutchfield and Grant: “Forces for Good” (Amazon)
• Muhammad Yunus: “Creating a World Without Poverty” (Amazon)
• Greg Mortenson: “Stones into Schools” and “Three Cups of Tea”
• Kristoff and Wudunn: “Half the Sky”

Films about Social Entrepreneurs

• Skoll Foundation: Storytelling
• The New Heroes
• Frontline: Heroes from a Small Planet
• Stanford Social Innovation Conversations (videos & podcasts)
• Social Entrepreneurs on TED
• TEDxYSE (Youth Social Entrepreneurs)
• TEDxAshokaU
• Ashoka Video & Press Room
• The Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Series
• NPR: Social Entrepreneurs: Taking on World Problems