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Topic: Social entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is the practice of launching and scaling for-profit businesses with the primary goal of driving positive social or environmental change.

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The podcast episodes provided cover various aspects of social entrepreneurship, showcasing how entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and mission-driven companies are using innovative approaches to tackle societal issues, promote inclusion, and drive positive change.

Examples include how a Brazilian startup is using digital addresses and local couriers to deliver services to favelas, the principles of 'patient capital' that takes a long-term approach to driving systemic change, and efforts to empower underprivileged students through education and career opportunities.

Other episodes explore social entrepreneurship in the context of urban farming and food justice, combating divisive ideologies and promoting unity, Grab's evolution into a 'for-profit social enterprise', and one person's simple idea to pay water bills for Detroit residents.

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