The idea of ‘social entrepreneurship’ has struck a responsive chord. … Though the concept of ‘social entrepreneurship’ is gaining popularity, it means different things to different people. … The language of social entrepreneurship may be new, but the phenomenon is not. We have always had social entrepreneurs, even if we did not call them that.

Attending the Skoll World Forum in 2019, it’s easy to forget its humble beginnings in 2004. Back then, the very concept of social entrepreneurship was ambiguous.

Social entrepreneurship—which typically manifests as formal organizations, strategic plans, fundraising among public and private sources, revenue models—is just one ‘slice’ of the entire spectrum of effort to make the world a better place. Along this spectrum, there exists another phenomenon that is not new, though the language used to describe it is—community entrepreneurship.

The 2019 Forum session, “Community Entrepreneurship: Solving Problems and Weaving Society Back Together”, felt like one of the first few steps on a journey to legitimize and accelerate this phenomenon.

Read the full article about community entrepreneurship by Gurpreet Singh at Skoll Foundation.