"Individuals, acting on deeply held beliefs and passion, are
boldly imagining and bringing into existence a different world...
Whether you're a business entrepreneur, a social entrepreneur, an
investment entrepreneur, or an academic, artistic, or civil servant
entrepreneur, devour this important and wise book."?From the
Foreword by John Fullerton
Responsible entrepreneurs are a special breed, seeking to
transform industries and even society itself. They challenge and
refine cultural assumptions, laws, regulations, and even the
processes of governance. This requires them to do and think far
beyond what is usually required of business leaders.
The Responsible Entrepreneur offers a blueprint for this
new kind of business leadership, describing the means by which any
entrepreneur can pursue a higher order of work. In it, Carol
Sanford, one of the most trusted names in responsible business
development, brings her vast expertise in helping executives and
corporations to the entrepreneur looking to launch and scale a
venture. She maps this journey through four archetypes:
The Realizing Entrepreneur: Industry Game-Changer
The Reconnection Entrepreneur: Society Game-Changer
The Reciprocity Entrepreneur: Culture Game-Changer
The Regenerative Entrepreneur: Governance Game-Changer
By understanding the archetype most aligned with their goals,
entrepreneurs will learn how to grow their business into a powerful
platform that can leverage change, and even change the foundations
that create our most pressing problems and issues. To illustrate
these principles in action, The Responsible Entrepreneur
features case studies based on long-term work and in-depth
interviews with Google Innovation Labs, Indigenous Designs (the
primary supplier for Eileen Fisher), FishPeople (who supply Costco
and Google with gourmet seafood entrees), and many more.
For entrepreneurs seeking to pursue world-changing results, or
impact investors looking to align their capital with their values,
The Responsible Entrepreneur provides the frameworks to
build a business and to evaluate and direct investments to create
the greatest benefit for all stakeholders.
For anyone who wants to make a difference in the way businesses
affect the world, The Responsible Entrepreneur lays out ways
to make that aspiration focused and doable.
- ISBN10 1118910753
- ISBN13 9781118910757
- Publish Date 14 July 2014 (first published 23 June 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 18 February 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English