Famous Social Entrepreneurs Doing Good and Making Money

Week 2: Examples of Social Entrepreneurship: People, Tools, and Techniques

8 Famous Social Entrepreneurs Doing Good and Making Money

https://changecreator.com/8-famous-social-entrepreneurs-need-know/

The Science of What Makes People Care

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_science_of_what_makes_people_care

Design Thinking for Social Innovation by Tim Brown and Jocelyn Wyatt

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/design_thinking_for_social_innovation#

Homeboy Industries

https://homeboyindustries.org/

Watch List:

Real Value, a full-length documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez3CWXQrgVo

Assignment 2, due July 2

Part 1: After watching Real Value in full, and after reading about Homeboy Industries, thoroughly analyze Homeboy Industries in terms of its Real Value.

Part 2: While philanthropy is good, evaluate Kevin Trapani’s statements that “philanthropy is the old way,” and “all profits are not created equal. Evaluate social enterprise in relation to these statements.

 Part 3: The final project involves designing a solution. Identify the problem that you are choosing to address with your final project in this class. What would you like to do about it? What can you do about it? Who else has tried to address this problem? In what ways have the succeeded? Where have they had difficulty?