The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur. — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues,… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world. — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
In an increasingly connected world it is less likely that a few people 'manage' everyone else. The new environment requires a shift… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
What is your personal definition of "good"? A world in which everyone is universally empathetic and exercises love and respect with full… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
What is the most powerful force in the world? And I think you would agree that is a big idea if it… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
We need to reverse three centuries of walling the for-profit and non-profit sectors off from one another. When you think for-profit and… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly honest, good person. So was his White House. — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur. — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy? — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur.… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea. — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image