Call for 'sharing of ideas'

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 12 September 2007

Social entrepreneurs should be prepared to hand their ideas to private or public sector bodies rather than struggle to keep their own organisations going, according to a report from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

In and Out of Sync, a report produced jointly by Nesta and social innovation body the Young Foundation, says that if entrepreneurs try to "hoard credit" for their ideas they may in fact impede the social aims they are working to achieve. "If you are trying to achieve a social...