2009
The Core Principles To World Changing Social Entrepreneurship
This is a guest post by social entrepreneur Bobby Srivastava. I’ve known Bobby since college and he’s been focused on the social services since then. Bobby was the founding COO of a KIPP school, and heavily involved in CPY4Youth, College Summit, and the Taproot Foundation. His insights to what it takes to be a successful social entrepreneur are right on. As he humbly calls himself a “fly on the wall”, he’s much more hands on as a board member and founder than he’ll admit. He’s one of the guys who are making big things happen with little resources, and making the world a better place.
Enter Bobby…
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I’ve realized after working with so many individuals within the nonprofit sector that we have encountered an unprecedented era where individuals are not waiting around anymore to start ventures that will soon change the world. Social Entrepreneurship is booming – people are putting their dreams into action, and scouring the community and the world to try and find ways to add value. People are leveraging their skills and talents to literally reverse some of the issues that we only seem to be talking every four years around election time – poverty, hunger, education, healthcare, etc. Social Entrepreneurs started yesterday. How do you do it? Throughout my exposure working with colleagues from Teach for America, KIPP, College Summit, and The Taproot Foundation, I’ve noticed several consistent trends amongst these social enterprises that will consistently validate the success and failure of future social entrepreneurs. This is less about me “imparting wisdom”, and more about me being a fly on the wall, watching amazing people do amazing things and being a part of the movement firsthand. All of this has been fueled by the very few drivers below. lanjut →
