Daniel Lubetzky Quotes

Charitable involvement, social impact, and global responsibility have always been important at Bain Capital.

Many entrepreneurs that made their fortunes by founding successful technology companies want to give back and solve the world's biggest problems on a grand scale. There is tremendous opportunity in this approach.

I think all philanthropy invests in product innovation, whether in a vaccine or a new kind of product of one sort or another, and I think we'll all continue to do that.

True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.

The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the Silicon Valley religion of the power of markets. But I also believe in our obligation to give back, and to give back in the way we do business, to create more value than we capture for ourselves.

Businesses need to proactively create models that make a difference in society and let everyone else use them, talk about them, emulate them - and build on them.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good.

The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.

We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.

I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.

Being a social entrepreneur is a balancing act between growing and sustaining a business while also growing the company's ability to give back.

I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role in social service.

Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make pollination.

While governments are not off the hook, the charity world needs to innovate and find new ways to attract outside investment to boost our social productivity.

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.

With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change.

The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm.

The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world.

Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy.