Real-world example: Seventh Generation Seventh Generation, a company founded in 1988, is a shining example of social ...

Individuals who start their own businesses are motivated by many different things. Some people want the freedom of being their own boss or want to pursue their true passion. However, in the past ...

In the evolving landscape of global business, social entrepreneurship stands out as a model that marries the social and environmental missions of nonprofits with the revenue mechanisms of for-profit ...

DJ Bola is a social entrepreneur born in Jardim Ângela, a poor neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil, considered in the 1990s to be one of the most dangerous places in the world. When he was 18 years old, ...

What makes a social entrepreneur different from a traditional entrepreneur? At HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, we’ve continued to explore this question—and now, through a new free online HarvardX ...

Despite the diversity that shapes the reality of Indian women, social programs are still designed as ‘one size fits all’.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Starting a business is hard. Starting a business that attempts to solve large-scale social problems is even harder. But that hasn’t ...

Entrepreneurship is a term that captures the essence of human innovation and the drive for creating new products, services, or processes. Entrepreneurship can be categorized into various types based ...

Meaningful progress on complex social issues depends in part on the entrepreneurial ideas and energy of the next generation. In recent years, we have seen a sustained increase in HBS students ...