Maria Zapata - video & main ideas

“In the social arena nothing new is encouraged, only what has been tried and tested.. Part of our mission is to inject innovation in this field”

“We had to invent the concept ‘social entrepreneur’. Just five years ago people did not understand how these two words could go together”.

“We are a great partner for business. Social entrepreneurs are helping companies working with them to expands their markets”

“Ashoka’s vision is a world where everybody has the freedom and the confidence to become a change-maker”

“Ashoka measures impact of its social entrepreneurs after five years. 70 % of initiatives have been copied by other organizations”

“If you help social entrepreneurs, change will happen”

“Ashoka believes leadership drives social change and leadership increases its strength when working in a network”

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