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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

9 Book

Palaces for the People
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
Eric Klinenberg
Crown, 2019
8 Book

The Green Start-Up
Make Your Business Better for the Planet
Juliet Davenport
Heligo Books, 2022
8 Book

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

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

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

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

Creating a World Without Poverty
Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Muhammad Yunus
Public Affairs, 2008
9 Book

Banker to the Poor
Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Muhammad Yunus
Public Affairs, 2003
9 Book

How to Change the World
Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
David Bornstein
Oxford UP, 2004
8 Book

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