For Profit or Good?
Surviving as a social entrepreneur
Surviving as a social entrepreneur
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| Satyan, Claudia, Collins and Graham hail from vastly different places, with incredibly different backgrounds, yet share an extraordinary goal: to make the world a better place through every day business. But these stories are not your ordinary tales of good-doers. These are the stories of women and men from around the world trying to launch and sustain profitable businesses dedicated to social change. These are today’s social entrepreneurs. On August 18, 2006 these four and 13 other social entrepreneurs arrived at Santa Clara University in California to attend the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) – a two week long business boot camp that’s fresh and most importantly, UNIQUE. It’s not about grandiose ideas and lofty ideals, but rather about spreadsheets, business models and metrics – the everyday knowledge essential to any successful business. For these social entrepreneurs success here means the difference between life and death for their customers. |
For profit or good? is not a film about social entrepreneurs who have accomplished the
impossible it’s about those struggling to do the impossible. It’s realizing that donations alone
won’t solve the world’s most serious problems.
The film is about four strangers coming to California to develop friendships, partnerships and
business connections with some of the people who built Silicon Valley. It’s about learning that
you’re not alone in your struggle. It’s about the PEOPLE who make social entrepreneurship
work, not just the programs. Two years later revisit these entrepreneurs in their homelands
and witness, first-hand, what it takes to succeed in the poorest economies in the world.
impossible it’s about those struggling to do the impossible. It’s realizing that donations alone
won’t solve the world’s most serious problems.
The film is about four strangers coming to California to develop friendships, partnerships and
business connections with some of the people who built Silicon Valley. It’s about learning that
you’re not alone in your struggle. It’s about the PEOPLE who make social entrepreneurship
work, not just the programs. Two years later revisit these entrepreneurs in their homelands
and witness, first-hand, what it takes to succeed in the poorest economies in the world.
Credits:
Michael T. Whalen - Producer/Director
Release Date:
Currently In Production
Michael T. Whalen - Producer/Director
Release Date:
Currently In Production
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For more information on the GSBI at Santa Clara
University visit: http://www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi/
University visit: http://www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi/