Resource:Movers and Shakers

Summary

This page is dedicated to the Movers and Shakers that are making bold moves and shaking things up.  We broke this down into I&E Projects On Campus, Traditional Entrepreneurship as well as Social Entrepreneurship.  Each page was created with a link to a list of projects to limit the length of this page so that it does not become overwhelming as the number of UI Fellows and their projects grow.  With that being said there are a great number of people across the nation doing great things.  This page is simply here to let others know what we are doing and make it easier to disseminate information on our projects.

I&E Projects On Campus

Through our training as UI Fellows many of us have developed projects we are working on at our respective campuses.  These range in breadth and scope but are all geared towards developing an ecosystem that is supportive of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.  These projects include things such as starting a student organizations to developing a long term plan of sustainable growth.  

Traditional Entrepreneurship

"Traditional Entrepreneurship" may result in new organizations or revitalize mature organizations in response to a perceived business opportunity. A new business started by an entrepreneur is referred to as a startup company. In recent years, the term has been extended to include social and political forms of entrepreneurial activity.

Entrepreneurial activities differ substantially depending on the type of organization and creativity involved. Entrepreneurship ranges in scale from solo projects, and even just part-time projects, to major undertakings that create many job opportunities.  Many organizations exist to support would-be entrepreneurs including specialized government agencies, business incubators, innovation campuses, and some NGOs. More recently, the term entrepreneurship has been extended to include conceptualizations of entrepreneurship as a specific mindset resulting in entrepreneurial initiatives e.g. in the form of social entrepreneurship, political entrepreneurship or knowledge entrepreneurship.

Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. More specifically, social entrepreneurs adopt a mission to create and sustain social value. They pursue opportunities to serve this mission, while continuously adapting and learning. They draw upon appropriate thinking in both the business and nonprofit worlds and operate in all kinds of organizations: large and small; new and old; religious and secular; nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid.

Business Entrepreneurs typically measure performance in profit and return, but social entrepreneurs also take into account a positive return to society. Social entrepreneurship typically furthers broad social, cultural, and environmental goals and is commonly associated with the voluntary and not-for-profit sectors. Profit can at times also be a consideration for certain companies or other enterprises.

Social entrepreneurship practiced in a world or international context is called international social entrepreneurship.