Social entrepreneur characteristics

A biography is a powerful tool that can help you build credibility, establish trust, and make a good impression with aligned clients, investors, and partners. As a social entrepreneur, creating a bio that reflects your personal brand and communicates your unique value is important. Keep reading to get the key elements of writing an effective bio, tailoring it for different audiences, and providing practical steps and examples to help you create a kick ass bio.

Why a Strong Bio Matters for Social Entrepreneurs

Increasingly while mentoring or coaching clients, the need for a strong bio has come up. When writing a business plan your bio can be the difference between confident investors and lack of funding.

One faux pas that keeps happening is hesitancy to truly own all of one’s experience, expertise, and unique qualities. Here’s why it’s important to own your expertise in your bio:

• First Impressions: Your bio can be the first point of contact between you and your audience making a significant difference in how people perceive you and your business.
• Building Credibility: A w
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  List of social entrepreneurs

  NameCountrySocial venture foundedFocus areas Qais Al KhonjiOmanFounder of Genesis projects and investments Vinoba BhaveIndiaFounder and leader of the Bhoodan movement, he caused the redistribution of more than 7,000,000 acres (2,800,000 ha) of land to aid India's untouchables and landless. David BrowerUnited StatesEnvironmentalist and conservationist, the Sierra Club's first executive director and built it into a worldwide network for environmental issues. He also founded Friends of the Earth, the League of Conservation Voters and The Earth Island Institute. Akhtar Hameed KhanPakistanFounder of grassroots movement for rural communities Comilla Model, and low-cost sanitation programmes (Orangi Pilot Project) for squatter settlements. Maria MontessoriItalyDeveloped the Montessori approach to early childhood education. John MuirUnited StatesNaturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club. Florence NightingaleUnited KingdomFounder

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  Follow these 10 Inspiring Filipina Social Entrepreneurs

  Sustainability for the future? Everywhere we look and scroll, we see organic, eco-conscious, environmental-friendly, secondhand, reusable, recyclable…and we’re not complaining!

  With the pandemic teaching us how to value things and how to choose things to value, sustainable living has become a household term, if not a whole lifestyle. These earth-loving social entrepreneurs are leading the charge — balancing the “nice-to-have” and “what’s-right-to-do” with sustainable services and products that care for the earth and their local communities. 

  They’re also proving that entrepreneurship can maximize both social responsibility and profit — their brisk business proves that Filipino consumers themselves are interested in supporting businesses that advocate for just and eco-loving causes, with 96% more willing to use products from sustainable brands.

  In celebration of Women’s Month, here are 10 inspiring Filipina social entrepreneurs whose brands are doing our home planet — and us — a lot of good. And we have no dou