A common platform for social entrepreneurs, we provide resources to help utilize entrepreneurial principles towards community service projects. We have launched several projects through our own members as well as in collaboration with various organizations to help make a difference in the Bryan/College-Station community. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. They key to making social change, however, relies on the ability of people to begin to think of the traditional business models in untraditional ways. This requires a change in the individual’s outlook to start viewing ‘profit’ in terms of not only financial profit but in terms of people’s livelihood. The Association is committed to promoting socially and ecologically responsible initiatives that facilitate a societal benefit drawn from business mindset, and is committed to helping educate, motivate, and empower people to pursue these goals.

An ‘entrepreneur’ is one who organizes, operates or assumes the risk of a business venture. A ’social entrepreneur’ is one who does all of this for the good of the community. Most business move with the fist of corporate greed while most charitable organizations collect donations and put it into projects. Such charities lack the ability to generate income for their projects while the business leads to seek to maximize profits leading to exploitation of man-power and resources. A Social Business is one which take the middle path: you can either call it a financial venture whose very operation supports betterment of society or a non-profit which generates its own income. Such a venture is very much feasible and the Association for Social Entrepreneurship exists to educate and provide support for just that.

Every business involves a certain degree of risk. But success comes much easier when the business is socialized. This is not just a hypothesis but our very experience from our undertakings: When you are set out to do something good for the community, everyone supports you!

We started the group here in Texas A&M University and would love to help you if you wish to start an chapter in your community!

The purpose of this student chapter is to:
1. Increase the number of socially conscious individuals.
2. Promote the advancement of social, environmental, and artistic programs.
3. Develop and participate in programs with congruent organizations.
4. Provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas, both pertinent and beneficial, concerning the societal and environmental well being of the national and global community.
5. To promote positive societal change on a global and local level.