Elders for Entrepreneurs - Creating conversations that support young people to change the world

In very many cultures the elderly are regarded as repositories of wisdom, of the collective experience of the community, the repository of ideals and values”  Desmond Tutu

Nelson Mandela’s life, who he became, was shaped by the presence and involvement of elders from childhood to old age. 

Bringing wisdom, perspective and moral imagination, Elders support and challenge young Social –Business entrepreneurs to put the dignity and worth of every human being at the centre of their world-changing ideas and ambitions

Typically, young entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money for    themselves. Maybe some of them, when they are rich, decide to give   a small proportion of their wealth to a good cause.                                      

This is the paradigm of charity.

Social-Business entrepreneurs create non-dividend companies to 

solve a social issue. 

This is the paradigm of generosity. 

 The difference is what you put at the centre of your life and business.

What both elders and young Social-Business entrepreneurs share in common is that they are both in the process of Becoming.

Becoming all that their potential says they can be.

“A Social-Business is a business with a social mission. 100% dedicated to solving human problems”  Muhammed Yunus

 Social Business generates profit and aims to be financially self-sustaining. Removing the need for fundraising allows social businesses to reinvest profits back into generating impact.Facilitating conversations of equality between elders and young Social-Business entrepreneurs creates the alchemy in which both can liberate their potential in becoming part of the world’s solutions, not problems. Together, they harness the energy and innovation of young people, with the wisdom, perspective & support of elders, to make a difference in the world that is centred in love & humanity.