What is the most powerful force in the world? And I think you would agree that is a big idea if it is in the hands of an entrepreneur who is actually going to make the idea not only happen, but spread all across society.
BILL DRAYTONIf Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?.
More Bill Drayton Quotes
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To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.
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Clearly, there’s some opportunity in the spectrum between those extremes. What’s missing is the for-profit finance industry coming in to that area.
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Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls.
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An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change.
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We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.
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The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur.
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The biggest problem is getting beyond the “you can’t” syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you’re on your way to flying.
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We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don’t fit the business paradigm.
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The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.
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The social entrepreneurs are governments’ best friends.
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Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.
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What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy?
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When you think for-profit and non-profit, you most often think of entities with either zero social return or zero return on capital and zero social return.
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The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one’s willingness to give oneself permission.
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There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur
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