"Everybody is a changemaker! We can teach and learn skills that help us make more effective and lasting changes. This textbook is a valuable guide to get that journey started. What are you waiting for?"
Bill Drayton, Founder and CEO, Ashoka, USA
"Social Business is a special form of social entrepreneurship where the entrepreneur is not interested in making personal profit, the business is devoted entirely to solving human problems. Chahine's book will make it easy to understand the whole spectrum of social entrepreneurship."
Muhammad Yunus, Yunus Centre & Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
"This book stands out as a landmark publication in the social enterprise literature. We had been waiting for it and now it is here! Whether you are a youth grassroots leader or a senior government official, you need the tools and the mindset to slowly but surely make cutting-edge change. This book can help you organize your thoughts and your steps towards action."
HE Dr. Laila Iskandar, Founder, CID Consulting, Egypt, former Minister of State for Environment Affairs and Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements, Egypt, Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Goldman Environmental Prize winner
"This book is like an encyclopedia of insight on social entrepreneurship. Each person will go through it in a different way depending on their needs...there are many different pathways."
David Bornstein, CEO, Solutions Journalism Network, USA
"A great addition to the field and extremely well constructed." Susan Davis, former President & CEO, BRAC, USA
"A thoughtful, comprehensive book teeming with case studies and practical guidance to set any aspiring social entrepreneur on the right path. Chahine has adeptly distilled many valuable lessons into a book that inspires and educates with every page. If only it had been around 15 years ago when I began my own journey into the world of social entrepreneurship!"
Willy Foote, Founder and CEO, Root Capital, Cambridge, USA
"Everybody is a changemaker! We can teach and learn skills that help us make more effective and lasting changes. This textbook is a valuable guide to get that journey started. What are you waiting for?"
Bill Drayton, Founder and CEO, Ashoka, USA
"Social Business is a special form of social entrepreneurship where the entrepreneur is not interested in making personal profit, the business is devoted entirely to solving human problems. Chahine's book will make it easy to understand the whole spectrum of social entrepreneurship."
Muhammad Yunus, Yunus Centre & Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
"This book stands out as a landmark publication in the social enterprise literature. We had been waiting for it and now it is here! Whether you are a youth grassroots leader or a senior government official, you need the tools and the mindset to slowly but surely make cutting-edge change. This book can help you organize your thoughts and your steps towards action."
HE Dr. Laila Iskandar, Founder, CID Consulting, Egypt, former Minister of State for Environment Affairs and Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements, Egypt, Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Goldman Environmental Prize winner
"This book is like an encyclopedia of insight on social entrepreneurship. Each person will go through it in a different way depending on their needs...there are many different pathways."
David Bornstein, CEO, Solutions Journalism Network, USA
"A great addition to the field and extremely well constructed." Susan Davis, former President & CEO, BRAC, USA
"A thoughtful, comprehensive book teeming with case studies and practical guidance to set any aspiring social entrepreneur on the right path. Chahine has adeptly distilled many valuable lessons into a book that inspires and educates with every page. If only it had been around 15 years ago when I began my own journey into the world of social entrepreneurship!"
Willy Foote, Founder and CEO, Root Capital, Cambridge, USA
"Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship is a comprehensive manual for the (potential) beginner social entrepreneurs that guides them step-by-step in developing and implementing a social venture."
Nicolae Cuta, Social Economy Development Foundation, Craiova, Romania