People call me all sorts of things. I don't even care what they call me.
What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy?
Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing the problem or opportunity and persistent in thinking about it until you have come up with some interesting ideas that might change the pattern. It's really a mindset, not anything in the objective world - that is the problem.
What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined.
There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur
We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.
Beer makes people deaf.
Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.
maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mix— not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise; a potential.
I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.