Sally Osberg can imagine future news headlines that might say, "New AIDS Cases Fall to Zero." Or, "Child Soldiers Exchange Guns for Books in Africa." Or perhaps even "U.S. Imports Last Barrel of Oil."
The president and chief executive of the nonprofit Skoll Foundation suggested those kinds of lofty goals might be achievable through social entrepreneurship. "Social entrepreneurs are first and foremost entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs are agents of creative destruction," Osberg told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience Dec. 6.
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