“Entrepreneurs are not born…it’s really a mindset If the entrepreneur follows certain time-tested rules, They can avoid a lot of the pitfalls that most of us make.”

“As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.”

“The first - the most obvious (test of a true social entrepreneur) - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea... The idea - making it happen across society - is something they are married to in the full sense of the word. One key test of that is this: Is this an idea that you see growing out of their whole life? I get very, very suspicious when I see someone who had an idea two years ago. It just doesn't ring true. Because with the typical entrepreneur you can see the roots of the interest when they're very young. There's a real coherence to people's lives.”

“One common mistake we see new entrepreneurs especially tech entrepreneurs making is focusing too much on product”

“Over the past century, researchers have studied business entrepreneurs extensively..In contrast, social entrepreneurs have received little attention. Historically, they have been cast as humanitarians or saints, and stories of their work have been passed down more in the form of children's tales than case studies. While the stories may inspire, they fail to make social entrepreneurs' methods comprehensible. One can analyze an entrepreneur, but how does one analyze a saint?”

“This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship - the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”