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We talked about social entrepreneurship today.  Social entrepreneurs are pioneers in finding solutions for huge problems in developing countries, and they are the people who are the ones revolutionizing their field, not just some guy selling stuff off the internet I guess but the person who thought of Ebay.  Dr. Vanegas defined an entrepreneur as a visionary who achieves large scale sustainable social change from an invention, or a different approach.  I think this is a tall order and anybody who can do this is pretty awesome.  My favorite example of social entrepreneurship was the heifer program.  I love cows and people in the U.S never fully realize how important they are in third world countries.  They can provide more than collections of a 10 cents a day can and it is the gift that keeps giving.  Also it does away with just giving away welfare which I think tends to be corruptive.