So why all the attention to entrepreneurship in the social sector? According to Harvard Business School professor Jane Wei-Skillern in an interview published in Working Knowledge it is because the more traditional approaches to solving social problems have been “falling short.” From Working Knowledge:
An entrepreneurial approach, they say, allows social organizations not only to maximize value from limited resources, but also to leverage resources beyond the organization’s direct control through a creation of networks.
This in depth interview by Sean Silverthorne is definitely worth a read.
(Thanks to Sam Davidson with CoolPeopleCare.org for passing this along).