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What did they Say?

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 "The social entrepreneur is committed to the good of all, not to self interest." --  #BillDrayton ,  "Biggest risk in life is 'existential risk' - doing something u don't love for yrs." Bornstein  "Don't think about it in terms of deals. It's about breaking down walls." - Bill Drayton  Bill drayton says companies that aren't change makers won't survive Love it!  #philanthropy   #service   @Ashoka : The greatest satisfaction is to help others be givers. --  #BillDrayton ,  @Ashoka   #FutureSocEnt As much as I wish I could have attended, I am left scouring the scraps, the rough gems, that attendees toss to me via the impersonal Twitter feed. Alas, even the smallest pieces do my heart good.  The complete account of Bill Drayton's chat with David Bornstein was not made available tonight, according to my knowledge, so we'll have to wait another day. The Daily News and Liquidnet, the NY venue f

The Eve of the Future

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Tomorrow, November 29, Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka, the world's icon of Social Entrepreneurship, will speak his vision of the future of the inspiring field. Forbes released this post preparing for it. Last week David Bornstein of the Opinionator discussed the Rise of Social Entrepreneurship Earlier this week, a group called the Luminaries, of which I am associated, made live a document called A Prologue to a Story of a New World. This document will change the world. It will instigate social change across the world. It will give civic foundation to those who have none, and it will give liberty to those who seek it. Perhaps this document is social entrepreneurship at its finest. Many say that it is in the same broad category of Social Entrepreneurship. Some say it is something else entirely. For myself, I 'd like to think that its truths put forth, are really the mother of Social Entrepreneurship. But you decide; I do not know all things. A Prologue In this