Friday, January 25, 2013

Community Entrepreneurship And Its Benefits

By Dorothy Hurley


People regard money as one of the most important things in daily living. However, we need to be quite careful about it to prevent ourselves from being too engrossed. That is why principles such as community entrepreneurship were created to promote certain benefits. This principle targets socially relevant problems so that measures at solving them can be created.

Entrepreneurship is never an easy thing to get involved in. You, initially, will have to have a certain amount of funds to be able to put up a business that you are absolutely passionate about. You will have to discuss things with your partners, determine problems and solutions, and of course, be involved in the monitoring of the solution implementation to achieve results.

This process offers a lot of benefits not just to the society but also to the economy, culture and environment as a whole. Different entrepreneurs from various fields are now doing philanthropic works to benefit everyone. It would be much better if we can support them in their ventures by participating in their decision making as well as outright activities.

When it comes to the economy, the authorities will be happy to know that more and more entrepreneurs are actually contributing to its growth. With the increasing number of philanthropic entrepreneurs, they are actually inspiring others to become like them too. In their business, they earn profits and use some of them for the betterment of others.

In a cultural sense, entrepreneurs can also foster it through holding activities for the communities to participate in. Due to the influence of media, much of the traditions and culture of people are endangered of being lost. To keep them alive and to allow the future generations to appreciate the differences of people, festivals and cultural activities are being held.

Many of the entrepreneurs these days are striving to incorporate green measures to everything they do. Many, for instance, are manufacturing and selling decorative materials and other useful materials from recycled items. They also do campaigns to raise the awareness of people regarding the importance of conserving resources for the future generations.

The good thing about this is that the entrepreneurs themselves have all the financial resources necessary to realize their steps. Instead of utilizing most of their profits for personal gain, they use them for the common good. This is a very sustainable way of promoting better living and at the same time use money. Money is very important but make sure you dispense it using the correct method.

One way that entrepreneurs can increase the awareness of their consumers is by attaching information leaflets with their products. Consumers will then pass on the knowledge to others. Word of mouth has always been an effective method when it comes to letting some piece of information spread like wildfire. But then again, other media should also be utilized.

Indeed, there are several advantages that community entrepreneurship can provide. Getting to know all these would increase our awareness to help these philanthropists in continuing their pursuits. We should support their cause with the knowledge that their measures are just meant to help citizens, authorities, themselves and the future generations. After all, we all share this world; we have to take care of it.




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