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Comment on The Tao of Social Enterprise by rahulbrown

rahulbrown — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:22:54 +0000

Arvind:
Money is a means in social enterprise, not the ends like in traditional enterprise. Things like ‘triple bottom line’ sound like co-primary objectives to me, and I’m suspicious of organizations that even come close to placing profit first while claiming to have societal benefit in mind.

While social enterprise must definitely be creative, but it need not be artistic and often is not. Since a social entrepreneur is fundamentally re-writing a portion of the social contract, they must also by definition operate within the domain of culture, where the word is interpreted in the broadest possible sense i.e. a set of norms built around various beliefs. In most cases, the beliefs that are challenged are implicit beliefs (who should have clean water, or health care, or education, etc) rather than explicit beliefs (my God is better than your God). However, I would agree that say, Buddha, was a social entrepreneur as were most religious/spiritual figures. Many mass leaders like Gandhi were social entrepreneurs as well.

Comment on The Tao of Social Enterprise by arvind

arvind — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:55:55 +0000

excellent piece. one thought that it triggered is that since the primary objective of social enterprise is not money or profit, it is far more likely to be creative/artistic and in the domain of culture. what say you?

Comment on The 5 Rupee Joy Formula by Sajid

Sajid — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:26:53 +0000

Great thinking process my dear friend. I appreciate your way of bringing a small moment of happiness in people’s life.

Keep up the good work…

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:31:28 +0000

beautiful stuff … thanks for sharing …

being from bangalore myself, i could relate to this at a very real level

Karthik

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by birju

birju — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:04:19 +0000

nice story!!! thanks for sharing

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by Guri

Guri — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:18:21 +0000

Hi Rahul,

What a beautiful thing to share with your cousins…it’s nice to see that although they were resistant at first, they eventually opened up. And I love the older uncle that just “gets it”. “=) I had similar experiences…it’s something about our generation that’s more skeptical and “exchange oriented” (esp. in India). For the elders, kindness is sort of just built-in, neighbors had to rely on neighbors in their times…the interdependence is more recognized/accepted.

Anyways, hope you’re well. Hugs to you and Asha

-Guri

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by yoomilee

yoomilee — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:54:06 +0000

Yikes – you’re exposing your “lukewarm” cousin to Dinesh?!? Would love to see/hear his reactions to TBD.

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A (Really) Small Gift For A Big Occasion « beFirZst.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:13 +0000

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The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:40:44 +0000

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Comment on Winning Film Festival Awards and Inspiration Investment! by The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica

The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:40:34 +0000

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