Bill Drayton Quotes

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels.

We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.

I've seen how business can transform communities.

I want to go further and make the UK the easiest place in the world to invest in social enterprise.

Don't think about making money, think about making a difference, spot where others are doing it badly and do it better

By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society.

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.

Today, 30-year-olds are becoming social entrepreneurs.

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

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

Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.

There is no greater feeling in business than building a product which impacts people's lives in a profound way. When we look around at the thousands of people who have attended Summit gatherings, it makes us smile to see the new friendships, business partnerships and philanthropic initiatives that each event produces.

The one thing you learn from looking at places like Afghanistan is that the power of business to do good is enormous.

I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.

When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity, these are companies that are creating extraordinary social good and extraordinary economic and educational empowerment, all within with context of a for-profit model.

What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country's potential role in its region and the world in search of opportunities for growth. Platforms like the Global Social Business Summit can facilitate the process on bringing about change.

The social and economic impact of innovative American researchers, companies, and workers over the course of U.S. history have been enormous.

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

A social entrepreneur finds market-based solutions for change. Because without a market-based solution, without a sustainable solution, you go nowhere.

Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society.

I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you're trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people.

We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change.

There are many successful startup funders who are looking for ways to make a difference in the world.

We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.

Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.