5 Inspiring Sociophreneurs A Successful World Makes Real Change
Maybe all this time you only know entrepreneur. But do you know that there is another form of entrepreneur that you may not know? They are a sociopreneur, an entrepreneur doing business with the aim of enabling the environment. There are many young sociopreneurs who will inspire you.
Not only focus on making profits, they also focus on making social change. Starting a business with a model like this requires a mature process, commitment and preparation. here are 5 young sociopreneurs who make the changes for the world that might inspire you.
1. Lauren Bush, Founder of FEED
Being a social business is not what Lauren wanted from youth. While he was still a model and a student, he had the opportunity to travel around the world as the world's honorable food program spokesperson (WPF). Lauran Bush visits developing countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Tanzania, to Zimbabwe. From there he saw his own problems of malnutrition and malnutrition significantly.
In 2004, Lauren got enlightenment. He wants to have a fashion business but also help malnourished children around the world. Then FEED was born. An environmentally friendly bag that is suitable for women or men.
Each sale of FEED bags will help 1 child get a nutritious lunch. To date, FEED has sold more than 500,000 bags and provided 60 million nutritious lunch children around the world.
2. Blake Mycoskie, Founder & CEO Toms Shoes
Starting from a holiday to Argentina, Blake Mycoskie has now become a millionaire thanks to being a young sociopreneur. In 2006 Blake Mycoskie memilh went on holiday to Argentina. Her encounter with a friend took her to a countryside in Argentina.
From there Blake was very surprised how an Argentine welfare state still has a village, where its children do not have footwear until their feet are wounded and scuffed. Coming home from Argentina, he sells Alpargatra shoes that are typical Argentine shoes to his home country, America.
Toms Shoes was born from a trip that changed the life of Blake Mycoskie. Every pair of shoes sold will help one child in Argentina get a pair of shoes as well. The famous Toms Shoes slogan is One For One.
3. Dali & Finn Schonfelder, Founder of NALU CLOTHING
Dali is a 13 year old girl and her sister Finn is still 11 years old when they start the business of Nalu. They are young sociopreneurs who successfully help children in India and Sumba to get access to education by providing free uniforms.
Every 4 products Nalu Clothing sold will help 1 child to get free uniform to help continue education. Nalu Clothing is also available in Bali and has helped thousands of children in India and Indonesia get access to better education.
Not only that, Nalu Clothing is also very concerned about the environment of life by making its products from environmentally friendly materials.
4. Kathy Wong, CEO of Moeloco Flips Flop
This young Australian sociopreneur managed to inspire many young people from all over the world. Although Kathy's age is no longer young, she keeps the spirit of spreading goodness to children and youth. Kathy is the founder of Moeloco Flips Flop, a sandal company where any profits earned from the sale of a pair of sandals will help children get footwear in developing countries.
In addition, Kathy Wong also established a youth movement called Moeloco Youth which is a place for young people to channel their passion and interest in social world especially for those who want to become young sociopreneur in the future.
5. Scott Harisson, CEO of Charity: Water
This young sociophreneur started his social business when he was 28 years old. At that moment, he felt his life was full of futility. Then he decided to do services to various countries and found that clean water is a costly thing for most people in Africa.
Scott Harisson then founded a Charity: Water company and provided a 100% profit to help people out there get access to clean water. He also does activities related to the living environment and dedicates his life to serving and making youth movements.
They are social heroes. You do not have to be a rich businessman first to do good. You can do good even when you do not have anything while pioneering your business.
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