Instead of treating society’s distress, social entrepreneurship holds hope for eliminating the distress altogether. Although people generally agree on this broad definition of social entrepreneurship, ...

There are at least three important things that can be said about entrepreneurs: they take risk to create new ventures, they are innovators, and they start and run businesses that have good potential ...

One might imagine that such intrinsic motivation is even more prevalent among social entrepreneurs, who by their very definition are focused primarily on improving various social, environmental ...

Although there is no universal definition of a social enterprise ... returns when investing in businesses with a social orientation. Social entrepreneurship encompasses a wide range of industries ...

The Rustandy Center’s Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program supports UChicago students and faculty in jump-starting businesses and nonprofits founded on social missions. The program also helps ...