Social

Entrepreneurship
Lecture 2_2: Differences between social
entrepreneurs, business entrepreneurs,
government and activism

By:
Amrit Bista
BE, MBPM

Date: 24/11/2018
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Social Entrepreneurs and other
organizations

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Business Entrepreneurs

• Strong in "Need for Achievement" passion

for achievement his/her personal goal
• Business entrepreneurs are catalyst and
innovators behind economic growth
• Successful business entrepreneurs are
change agents and contribute to economic
growth of a country.
• They have created large markets and also
created resources required for the same

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 Business Entrepreneurs vs Social
Entrepreneurs
Keys Business Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs
Goal Capture a market securely Fill a market gap; change the world;

Objective Build a business; earn profits Create sustainable solutions for social
change
Profit Maximize shareholder value; profit Advance social aims; profit as a means to
motive as a end financial sustainability
Risk Basic business risk Basic business risk plus social aspect
social Indirect Direct
problems
Feedback Established consumer and market Need to be creative in obtaining market
information sources responses
Competiti “Win” for one business over others “win” for society
on in a market
Capital Built from robust financial & Contend with unpredictable & fragmented
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managerial services financing
 Social Activism

• Activism is similar to social

entrepreneurship but can be understood as
a subset of social entrepreneurship.
• Activism is a tool that many social
entrepreneurs use to further their case.
• Social entrepreneurship utilizes outside-
and inside-directed tactics, often working
directly with institutions to enact change.
• Activism is important because it helps elicit
empathy by making injustice and suffering
palpable.
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 Social Entrepreneurs vs Social Activists
Keys Activists Social Entrepreneurs
Goal Seek to elicit change by influencing Pursue wider range of options, including
the decision making of large building institutions that directly implement
institutions or changing public solutions themselves.
attitudes
Activities Campaigning, Events, seminars, Creating ideas, build sustainable models,
awareness programs engage to bring change
Approach Proceeded largely as outsider to Combine inside- and outside oriented
power – like uninvited guests tactics to bring change
storming the gates of the mansion
Examples Activism for human rights, women Empower the disadvantageous group with
rights, disability rights innovative ideas and problem solving

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 Social Entrepreneurs vs Government

Social Entrepreneurs Government

Bottom to up
Limited resources
Inductive and outward-looking:
moves from observation and
experimentation to
institutionalization
Flexibility to work on ideas unless
find the sponsors
Top to bottom
Abundant control of resources
Begin with policy battles and ending with
programs planned and implemented
through agencies or contracted
Don’t have time to experiments. Feedback
from the press reports , elections results

To address problems at the necessary scale, we need to interweave the creativity,

agility, and operational excellence found in the field of social entrepreneurship
with the resources and legitimacy of governments.