Socheata Poeuv starts dialogs between parents and children about their plight during the Cambodian genocide.

Becca Robison started a space camp for girls 4-10 years old.

Divine Bradley opened a community center in his neighborhood.

Michael Gainer is finding artistic and creative ways to reuse building materials.

Becca met Divine. Divine met Michael. Michael met Socheata. Socheata met Becca. There, now somewhere from the nexus of their meeting minds comes world peace. Pat on the back, Kristina, job well done.

If only it were that easy.

It is, however, not far from the truth. All are young social entrepreneurs recently profiled in the New York Times Magazine. We have recently posted on social entrepreneurship and encourage you to have a socially responsible side to any business that you create.

Coke is wanting to become more like the socially responsible Honest Tea.

Google “social entrepreneurship” and hundreds of results come up. This is the way businesses are moving. We can do good things while making decent rewards.

We are interested in finding out about and profiling young entrepreneurs like the four mentioned above on our blog- they may not be the most successful but they are interesting! If you would like to see certain entrepreneurs please let me know by adding their name in the comment box below. If you know how to contact them please also let us know.

Tags: becca robinson, divine bradley, michael gainer, New York Times Magazines, socheata poeuv, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship

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