Social Entrepreneurship Books

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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,113 ratings — published
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Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,787 ratings — published 1997
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,868 ratings — published 2009
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,125 ratings — published 1997
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The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.74 — 468 ratings — published 2008
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Start Something That Matters Start Something That Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,038 ratings — published 2011
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Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know® Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.86 — 476 ratings — published 2010
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,569 ratings — published 2006
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,005 ratings — published 1991
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,350 ratings — published 2004
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,467 ratings — published 2014
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,111 ratings — published 2005
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Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.95 — 257 ratings — published 2015
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Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,742 ratings — published 2001
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,727 ratings — published 2018
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,711 ratings — published 2015
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Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.75 — 75 ratings — published 2009
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.19 — 83,483 ratings — published 2003
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Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,005 ratings — published 2006
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Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.96 — 200 ratings — published
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The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.99 — 288 ratings — published 2014
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Creating Room to Read Creating Room to Read (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.08 — 756 ratings — published 2013
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The Business of Good: Social Entrepreneurship and the New Bottom Line The Business of Good: Social Entrepreneurship and the New Bottom Line (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.66 — 59 ratings — published
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Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.83 — 573 ratings — published 2015
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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.70 — 7,561 ratings — published 2009
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The End of Poverty The End of Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.69 — 10,956 ratings — published 2005
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The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,250 ratings — published 2012
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Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.68 — 71 ratings — published 2015
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How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.64 — 112 ratings — published 2015
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The Real Problem Solvers: Social Entrepreneurs in America The Real Problem Solvers: Social Entrepreneurs in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.44 — 25 ratings — published 2012
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.81 — 40,367 ratings — published 2008
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Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.99 — 307 ratings — published 2015
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Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,902 ratings — published 2012
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Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.31 — 792 ratings — published
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,768 ratings — published 2002
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Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.63 — 30 ratings — published
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Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.74 — 23 ratings — published
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Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.04 — 308 ratings — published 2018
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The Unfinished Social Entrepreneur The Unfinished Social Entrepreneur (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.35 — 23 ratings — published
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Be You. Do Good.: Having the Guts to Pursue What Makes You Come Alive Be You. Do Good.: Having the Guts to Pursue What Makes You Come Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.92 — 171 ratings — published 2016
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One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.24 — 494 ratings — published 2015
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The Purpose Economy, How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community is Changing the World The Purpose Economy, How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community is Changing the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.78 — 404 ratings — published 2013
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Business Model Generation Business Model Generation
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.20 — 53,418 ratings — published 2010
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The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,024 ratings — published 2009
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Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series) Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.97 — 9,836 ratings — published 2015
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The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.68 — 115 ratings — published 2013
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Screw Business As Usual Screw Business As Usual (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-entrepreneurship)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,554 ratings — published 2011
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“It's important to know what you want to accomplish with your investments before you actually invest.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice

David Bornstein
“Poverty is not only a lack of money, it's a lack of sense of meaning.”
David Bornstein, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

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