Find out about how social entrepreneur’s motivations and often their route to business success differ from other entrepreneurs. Social problems and creating innovation solutions to society’s ills are often more important than getting rich quick.

Innovative Business Ideas

How to become a trader

Greg Secker on setting up training people to 'make money from thin air' and setting up a charitable foundation.

Small Business News

Business book published on Twitter

Nigel Botterill makes history and tweets his entire book in a 45-day Twitterthon.

Business Blogs

The rise of CSR and social enterprise

How the rise of CSR has posed new questions for executives.

Social Entrepreneurs

€7.4m fund for social entrepreneurs

The Arthur Guinness Fund and Ashoka will nominate 30 applicants to fund and support.

Social Entrepreneurs

Guinness Bring it to Life Awards

Closing date for applications is 23 July for this award for young social entrepreneurs.

Events

Ethical Fashion Network Launch: Brighton, September

EcoChic Collection invites ethical fashion entrepreneurs to their first networking event.

Small Business News

Parents encouraged to set up 'free schools'

The Con-Lib coalition has unveiled radical plans to devolve power from local authorities.

Starting a web-based business

Innovative and determined, Pascal beat bankruptcy and started an online raffle.

Starting a tradesman directory

Kevin Byrne on how he came up with the answer to the UK's rogue trader problem.

Other Social Entrepreneurs Articles

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  • Story of a social enterprise
  • Keith Wyatt tells us all about working in a social enterprise, while Andrea Simpson talks about being a 2010 Startup Awards finalist.
  • The home-based business Video
  • Serial entrepreneur Jo Dodds gives advice to aspiring work-from-home entrepreneurs.

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