What I heard from the guest speaker in class about social entrepreneurship didn’t really change my view of my issue through the lens. I did see how social entrepreneurship is heavy on helping people rather than making a profit. I thought that making a profit would be more important to the business but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Concerning my issue, social enterprises that focus on honeybees really are there to help bees repopulate and live successfully in the wild and in the artificial bee hives instead of trying to make a profit off bees. Something additional I should look at is if social enterprises are really taking action to help address the source of the issue instead of passively aiding.
My biggest takeaway from the class was I learned that nonprofit is just a tax distinction and social enterprise is a philosophy which I didn’t know before. I also learned that some businesses who claim that they are helping an issue don’t do a very good job at helping a cause, for example donating a mattress to a shelter for every one sold. It is better for an enterprise to address the root of the problem and tackle it at the source.
I personally would like to find volunteer opportunities to help with social enterprises that are trying to aid bees. In the TED talk I found I saw a lot of volunteers helping the businesses build gardens and hives for the bees and I would be very interested in doing work like that.