David Bernstein, the author of How to Change the World, defines social entrepreneurs as "people who want to be driven, creative, question the status quo, open up new opportunities, refuse to give up and build an ideal world." Social entrepreneurs look at social problems from a business perspective and solve problems with business rules. His purpose is not just to make a profit. Social entrepreneurs are mostly sponsors and operators of social welfare organizations, such as Jeru, who set up a 24-hour rescue hotline for street children in India, Huosha, who set up a nursing network for AIDS patients in South Africa, and Rosa, who set up a solar power generation system for poor herders in Brazil.

For a social entrepreneur's project, there are the following questions that every excellent social entrepreneur must answer: (1) What is the social problem I want to solve?

(2) What is my solution?

(3) What is the feasibility (finance, technology, economy, law, culture, society and management) of the solution? How original is it? How persistent are you? What's the impact?

The whole process, in addition to the ideal passion leading the way, is more of a realistic plan: to what extent do we know about reality? What is the reality?

There are two things that make social entrepreneurs respected:

(1) Emphasize the ideal reality: when Junas betrayed the traditional banking theory and promoted microfinance to the poor, what he did was not only to help the poor themselves, but also to make a realistic exploration for a better society;

(2) emphasize non-profit. Social enterprises are different from traditional commercial enterprises and NPO (non-profit organization), which emphasizes the realization of wider social values by commercialization.

The British government defines a social enterprise as: "A social enterprise is a commercial organization, whose main goal is social goals, and its profits should be mainly used to support the investment of social goals or directly invest in the community, rather than to maximize the interests of shareholders and all."

When ordinary entrepreneurs evaluate their operating results by profit, social entrepreneurs take the social changes caused as the basis for evaluating their operating results. So far, the definition of social entrepreneur is still controversial. Some people hope that this name can be defined as a completely self-sufficient organization, and the source of funds is all transaction income. Others want to include organizations that cooperate with the government and receive subsidies or sponsorship.

Entrepreneurs start businesses for profit, and social entrepreneurs should start businesses by solving social problems. They are creative individuals driven by ideals, with the spirit of continuous innovation, shouldering corporate responsibility, industrial responsibility and social responsibility, and working hard to build a better society.

Who can be called a social entrepreneur?

In social enterprises, social entrepreneurs are the core of the whole organization.

Social entrepreneurs are good at discovering social problems and can create new services, new products and new methods to solve social problems.

Entrepreneurship can maintain the sustainable development of an organization by realizing commercial profits and integrating resources.

The qualities, skills and values that entrepreneurs in a conditional society should possess.

Entrepreneur ability: social entrepreneurs can find those resources that are not fully utilized and idle, and solve those unmet social needs;

Innovative ability: By organically combining traditional or irrelevant practices, social entrepreneurs can create new services, new products and new methods to solve social problems.

Ability to change the status quo: social entrepreneurs will reform the enterprises they lead, and they can also revitalize a dying enterprise. Most importantly, they can change them by tapping the potential of the communities and people they serve.

If you want to be a qualified social entrepreneur, you should meet the following four conditions:

1. Under the conditions of protecting the environment, saving energy, protecting resources, not destroying the ecological balance, and protecting the life safety and vital interests of employees, it has created the greatest benefits that are conducive to the sustainable development of society and enterprises, and paid the taxes that should be paid.

2. The development of enterprises promotes the civilization and progress of society. Enterprises should have a positive and unique corporate culture that absorbs advanced ideas and concepts from all over the world, and cultivate a large number of talents with both ability and political integrity for the society. Enterprises are not only places for employment, but also schools for educating people.

3, enterprises in the course of business, do not engage in fraud, do not publish false information, can not harm the interests of the country and the people (including physical and mental health) at the expense of seeking high profits.

4. In line with the above three points, do a good job in public welfare undertakings to the maximum extent and donate more money.

By the way, social entrepreneurs can have different translations. Entrepreneur means "practitioner" in French. Chinese is usually translated as "entrepreneur". If the original meaning of the word is directly used, it can be translated into "career", which can conform to the familiar statements of public institutions. However, entrepreneurs have another unique meaning: to discover the demand, creatively organize various factors of production, and meet this demand with low cost and high efficiency. I'm afraid this kind of meaning and special talent will hardly become the proper meaning of "career" before the deep-seated reform of China's huge institutions.

China's most famous "social entrepreneur" in a century1943 On May 24th, the anniversary of mikolaj kopernik's death. 180 outstanding politicians, scientists and educators from all over the world gathered in new york, USA, and released the "Top Ten Celebrities with the greatest contribution and the widest influence in the world today". The list includes scientist Einstein, philosopher Dewey, entrepreneur Henry Ford and others, one of whom is Yan from China.

Yan (1890- 1990) is a native of Bazhong, Sichuan. He studied at American Mission Middle School in Chengdu in his early years. At the age of 23, he was admitted to the University of S? o Paulo (the predecessor of the University of Hong Kong) with the first place. According to the regulations at that time, if he became a British citizen, he would get a scholarship of 1600 yuan. Yan declined, because "this is right. Three years later, 19 16, Yan went to Yale University in the United States for further study, and then went to Princeton University to study for a master's degree.

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