Social Entrepreneurship Resources
Programs at UF
- The Innovative Sustainability & Social Impact Initiative (http://warrington.ufl.edu/fire/entrepreneurship/cei/socialimpact.asp)
Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship
- Ashoka Fellows (http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/)
- Skoll Entrepreneurs (http://www.skollfoundation.org/skoll-entrepreneurs/)
- CASE at Duke (http://www.caseatduke.org/knowledge/)
General Links Related to Social Entrepreneurship
- Ashoka (http://www.ashoka.org/)
- The Skoll Foundation (http://www.skollfoundation.org/)
- Social Edge (http://www.socialedge.org/)
- Ashoka Changemakers (http://www.changemakers.com/)
- Net Impact (http://www.netimpact.org/)
- Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneurs (http://www.schwabfound.org/)
- Stanford Social Innovation Review (http://www.ssireview.org/)
- Beyond Grey Pinstripes (http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/)
- B Corp (http://www.bcorporation.net/)
Social Entrepreneurship in the Media
- Fast Company's Social Capitalist Awards (http://www.fastcompany.com/social/)
- Businessweek: Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs, 2011 (http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110621/america-s-most-promising-social-entrepreneurs-2011/)
- The Wall Street Journal: Social Entrepreneurship Gains Ground at Business Schools (http://on.wsj.com/qKnLeh)
- New York Times: Faces of Social Entrepreneurship (slideshow) (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/09/magazine/0309-FACES_index.html)
- Inc.: Young Entrepreneurs, Giving Back (http://www.inc.com/ss/30under30/2010/young-entrepreneurs-giving-back/)
- Google: Project 10 to the 100 Winners (http://www.project10tothe100.com/)
- Good: The Good 100 (http://www.good.is/departments/the-good-100/)
Social Entrepreneurship at Universities
- AACU: Everyone a Changemaker (PDF) (http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-sp05/pr-sp05feature2.pdf)
- MSNBC: More business schools embracing do-gooders (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40589291/ns/business/)
- The New York Times: Business Schools With a Social Appeal (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/education/24iht-educLede.html)
Books on Social Entrepreneurship
- David Bornstein: "Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195396332/)
- David Bornstein: "How to Change the World" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195138058/)
- Andrew Wolk: "Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615182844/)
- Wei-Skillern et. al.: "Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1412951372/)
- Elkington et. al.: "The Power of Unreasonable People" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1422104060/)
- Crutchfield and Grant: "Forces for Good" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787986127/)
- Muhammad Yunus: "Creating a World Without Poverty" (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1586486675/)
- Greg Mortenson: "Stones into Schools" and "Three Cups of Tea" (http://www.gregmortenson.com/gregs-books/)
- Kristoff and Wudunn: "Half the Sky" (http://www.halftheskymovement.org/)
Films about Social Entrepreneurs
- Skoll Foundation: Storytelling (http://www.skollfoundation.org/approach/storytelling/)
- The New Heroes (http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/)
- Frontline: Heroes from a Small Planet (http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html)
- Stanford Social Innovation Conversations (videos & podcasts) (http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/)
- Social Entrepreneurs on TED (http://www.ted.com/profiles/browse/occupations/2389)
- TEDxYSE (Youth Social Entrepreneurs) (http://www.TEDxYSE.com/)
- TEDxAshokaU (http://www.tedxashokau.com/)
- Ashoka Video Room (http://www.ashoka.org/views/video/)
- The Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Series (http://www.SocialEntrepreneurEmpowerment.com/)
- NPR: Social Entrepreneurs: Taking on World Problems (http://www.npr.org/series/130593764/)