1.) Mission, Inc.

: The Practitioners Guide to Social Enterprise by Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

“In this groundbreaking guide, Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls, Jr. draw on their own
hard-won experiences and those of twenty other social enterprise leaders. Exploring
ten key paradoxes of social enterprises, they show how to navigate the extreme
challenges and seize the tremendous opportunities these organizations present.
Whether you're looking for guidance on choosing a structure, finding and hiring
talent, marketing, finances, operations, or scaling, this practical, accessible guide
offers clear and compelling answers that light the way.”

-This looked interesting because it seems to give a good idea on how to start a social
enterprise, step by step and uses Walls and Lynch’s real life examples.

2.) The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Revised and Updated 5th Anniversary Edition:
Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C.K. Prahalad, Wharton Publishing

“An important and insightful work showing persuasively how the private sector can
be put at the center of development, not just as a rhetorical flourish but as a real
engine of jobs and services for the poor."

3.) Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship: How to be a Successful Advocate in
Your Company and Community by Manuel London, Routledge Publishing

“What motivates someone to become a social entrepreneur? What are the

competencies needed to be effective social advocates and agents for change? This
book answers these questions in an accessible and practical way, providing
comprehensive guidelines, numerous examples, and sources of information and
training for anyone who wants to start a community-based social advocacy and
change initiative or for employees who want to start a corporate social responsibility
initiative.”

-This book seems to address a lot of pertinent questions. It addresses the qualities
needed by individuals in order to become successful entrepreneurs.

4.) Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Private Ventures for the Public Good by Michael Sandler,
Rowman and Littlefield Education

“The purpose of this book is to share with the reader a unique experience of a
seasoned career entrepreneur with the commitment to improve education and
 benefited by working with three highly regarded business and education leaders as
mentors set out to define and build an education industry.”

-This interested me because it was in the educational field. I would be interested in

hearing ideas on how to revolutionalize schools and other educational programs.

5.) An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship: Voices, Preconditions, Contexts by Rafael Ziegler,

Edward Elgar Publishing

“Starting with contributions from social entrepreneurs and innovators, this anthology
describes the workings of social entrepreneurship and explores its import as a gauge
of contemporary social, environmental and economic conditions. Drawing on
perspectives from cultural theory, history and sociology, the authors investigate the
theory of entrepreneurship, the culture of management and the forgotten
antecedents of social entrepreneurship.”

-The incorporation of different subjects like history and sociology was what made me
interested in this book.