What makes the projects of social entrepreneurs "social projects" and not pure business investments? I am a business and life coach living in Israel, and I have a growing interest in the developing field of social entrepneurship. I recently put together a group of 12 professionals from different fields to consider whether it might work in Israel. There is cynisim among my colleagues about companies that call themselves "social projects" simply because they happen to be in a field that might help people.
Your questions about social entrepreneurship are very timely because the Stanford Social Innovation Review has a relevant article called "Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition" in the current issue. It is available for free on the magazine's Web site. In addition to this article, you'll find a link called "Social Entrepreneurship", which will bring you to many other articles on the topic. Some of these are free while others require a subscription to SSIR. I hope the variety of perspectives and experiences presented will give you a good sense of this exciting and still-emerging field.
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