Comments on: Why I’m not a social entrepreneur http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2007/05/why-im-not-a-social-entrepreneur/ Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JD Moore http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2007/05/why-im-not-a-social-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-31 JD Moore Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=66#comment-31 Hi Ken. I'm not a Social Entrepreneur either. No surprise there, as they're apparently few and far between. <br/><br/>Ashoka apparently spots and enables them. Apparently you have enabled them. If you're not a social entrepreneur, are the people that run Ashoka?<br/><br/>Anyway, I appreciate you taking a stance like that as I can see the term being blatantly overused. I wonder what the side effects of overuse might be. <br/><br/>Might the trendiness of the word actually encourage people to try more revolutionary things that have a social purpose? Could the popularity of the word actually be a good sign? <br/><br/>I whole-heartedly agree that 'earning' instead of just 'learning' makes one worthy of the title. <br/><br/>I also think that if someone decides to learn such a thing, they've already said something to the world. Something like, "I'm trying to help." Also, learning through Uni...along with the networking opportunities...is going to offer such a student many opportunities to become a social entrepreneur for real!<br/><br/>Anyway, you might be able to tell from my rambling that I am still not really sure who is and who isn't...and not 100% convinced that you're not ;-) But it's not really that important as you've implied, and as long as things are getting done I'm happy.<br/><br/>All the best/JD Hi Ken. I’m not a Social Entrepreneur either. No surprise there, as they’re apparently few and far between.

Ashoka apparently spots and enables them. Apparently you have enabled them. If you’re not a social entrepreneur, are the people that run Ashoka?

Anyway, I appreciate you taking a stance like that as I can see the term being blatantly overused. I wonder what the side effects of overuse might be.

Might the trendiness of the word actually encourage people to try more revolutionary things that have a social purpose? Could the popularity of the word actually be a good sign?

I whole-heartedly agree that ‘earning’ instead of just ‘learning’ makes one worthy of the title.

I also think that if someone decides to learn such a thing, they’ve already said something to the world. Something like, “I’m trying to help.” Also, learning through Uni…along with the networking opportunities…is going to offer such a student many opportunities to become a social entrepreneur for real!

Anyway, you might be able to tell from my rambling that I am still not really sure who is and who isn’t…and not 100% convinced that you’re not ;-) But it’s not really that important as you’ve implied, and as long as things are getting done I’m happy.

All the best/JD

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