Response to "Reshaping Social Entrepreneurship", by Paul Light

Article - Reshaping Social Entrepreneurship

The author believes that the term social entrepreneurship focuses on individuals who take risks and go against the odds to create social change. He thinks that too much emphasis is put on individuals and their traits, therefore the focus strays from what the entrepreneur does to who the entrepreneur is. I don’t quite agree with him, because I think it is important to look at certain individual traits. It is essential to know whether or not the entrepreneur is motivated and optimistic, and whether or not he or she has the will to help. This doesn’t necessarily look at only who the entrepreneur is, and stray from looking at what the entrepreneur does. Also, I don’t think that too much emphasis is being put on individuals, and that groups and organizations are being ignored.