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title: What is Social Entrepreneurship?
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# Social Innovation Video 1

## What is Social Entrepreneurship?

This session addresses two general questions: what is social entrepreneurship and what does it mean to be an entrepreneur?

Remember:

- Social entrepreneurship has many definitions, but we align our definition with our definition of entrepreneurship as “the process of creating, delivering and capturing value from new ideas for the primary purpose of making a positive social impact.” 
- Social entrepreneurs work as change agents through two distinct types of ventures: revenue-generating nonprofits and mission-driven, social benefit for-profit organizations
  
  [View the video script](https://horn.udel.edu/hubfs/Youth%20Program%20documents/Diamond%20Challenge/Curriculum%20Docs/Transcripts/Venturing%20for%20Good/1-What%20is%20Social%20Entrepreneurship.pdf)

### [Move on to Social Innovation Video 2: Wicked Problems and Grand Challenges!](https://horn.udel.edu/wicked-problems-and-grand-challenges)

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