CHAPTER 5

Worksheet for “Defining Social Entrepreneurship”

Paul Miesing

University at Albany, State University of New York

Am I a Social Entrepreneur?

There is no magic formula to be a social entrepreneur and there are no quick steps to succeed. Read the following statements and rate each on the 1–4 scale. As you do so, please keep in mind that there are no “best answers.” While individuals will feel differently about these statements, each of us instinctively tends to have a natural bias toward some of them. Moreover, these are your self-perceptions and might not reflect reality. They are only to give you an understanding of your strengths and areas to focus on in your entrepreneurial development; your responses do not predict whether you will ...

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