WHAT IS A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR?

Every once in a while there is a moment in time where everything comes together. When there is magic in the air what could not be accomplished before becomes possible now.  The evolution of the Internet has radically altered the way we communicate, innovate, create, express, buy, sell, invest, research, and even date.  Just about every human behavior and activity has an online counterpart. We now have instant access to knowledge, intelligence and transactions that never before in history were available.  As with all major shifts in business the evolution of the Internet has ushered in new opportunities and categories of entrepreneurs.

A social entrepreneur identifies and solves real social problems. Social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society. They seize opportunities in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create improved social value.

At Club Asteria we recognize when an element of society is stuck and we seek to provide new ways to get it unstuck.  We utilize innovative breakthrough approaches to efficiently implement our mission.  We apply business and management skills in tackling chronic social problems so as to realize sustainable solutions.  We are actively engaging all of our members to join us in pioneering practical, inventive and sustainable approaches to address the world’s most pressing social issues, i.e. poverty, disease, malnutrition, environmental destruction and illiteracy.  Our members are finding out what is not working and solving the problems by changing the system, spreading the solution and persuading entire new groups of people to participate in the process.  Our members are committed to identifying and solving large scale social problems with a vision and determination to succeed.

Through the assistance of our members we maximize the number of people that will stand up and take on these very difficult challenges.  Our members, as they ban together, become a role model proving that a group of people can channel their passion into action.  It is said that there is nothing as powerful as a new idea in the hands of a first class entrepreneur.

We provide capital to small businesses in underserved regions of the world to allow them to get started or to grow.  We provide philanthropic support such as feeding and caring for children and develop infrastructure for entire villages and communities, such as clean drinking water, health services, reliable electric power and education.  We can do this valuable and necessary work around the world because we have become sustainable through our self generated revenue made possible by our valued members.  With their help we unlock society’s full potential.  Innovative solutions coupled with our strategy for action will make Club Asteria, powered by its social entrepreneurial membership, the success story of the decade.

Mark Kaplan
Director of Strategic Planning and Development