Social Enterprise is an Old Sonofabitch

Social enterprise might be a big, hot buzzword these days (at least on my radar), but it pays to note that "social enterprise" as a concept ain't all that new. It's almost as old as Sookie's Bill Compton, in fact.

Thanks to Uncivil Society for unearthing this tidbit (see image excerpt below), proving the existence of social enterprise as a working paradigm for the scientific philanthropy movement of the nineteenth century. It's a rich part of the fabric of American ingenuity and has been for generations.

Of course, that's obvious, right? Doing good while doing well must be an age-old concept. In fact, maybe it's the corporate greed, corruption and all-profits-at-any-cost style of Business that's the newbie on the block, relatively speaking....