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Social Entrepreneurship

As the Doomsday Clock ticks ever closer to midnight, many entrepreneurs are attempting to turn the tide by developing, funding and executing solutions to the world's most inextricable social, cultural and environmental problems. Learn how some have succeeded, how some have failed and why putting people and the environment before profits can be a lucrative strategy.

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Summaries

8 Book

Give Work
Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
Leila Janah
Portfolio, 2017
8 Book

Social Value Investing
A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships
Howard W. Buffett and William Eimicke
Columbia UP, 2018
7 Book

Social Startup Success
How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference
Kathleen Kelly Janus
Da Capo Press, 2018
9 Book

A World of Three Zeros
The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
Muhammad Yunus
Public Affairs, 2017
8 Book

Green Giants
How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses
E. Freya Williams
AMACOM, 2015
8 Book

People Over Profit
Break the System, Live with Purpose, Be More Successful
Dale Partridge
Thomas Nelson, 2015
8 Book

The XYZ Factor
The DoSomething.org Guide to Creating a Culture of Impact
Nancy Lublin and Alyssa Ruderman
BenBella, 2015
7 Book

Überpreneurs
How to Create Innovative Global Businesses and Transform Human Societies
Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
8 Book

Rippling
How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World
Beverly Schwartz
Jossey-Bass, 2012
6 Book

The New Entrepreneurial Leader
Developing Leaders Who Shape Social and Economic Opportunity
Danna Greenberg et al.
Berrett-Koehler, 2011
8 Book

Building Social Business
The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Muhammad Yunus
Public Affairs, 2010
8 Book

Social Entrepreneurship
What Everyone Needs to Know
David Bornstein and Susan Davis
Oxford UP, 2010