# Trico Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Centre

**Source**: https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/centres/tricofoundation
**Parent**: https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/

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### **What is Social Entrepreneurship?**

Social Entrepreneurship uses business models – selling products or services – to solve social problems. Unlike traditional philanthropy, a social enterprise makes a social impact with a business model that creates value and is financially self-sustaining.\
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Different from traditional business, which makes money by solving a problem, social entrepreneurship makes money by directly solving a social problem – making those solutions more scalable and sustainable. In a very real way, social entrepreneurship is the best of both worlds, the social-problem solving intentionality of traditional philanthropy and harnessing the incredible power of markets typically associated with traditional business.\
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The spirit behind social entrepreneurship is at the centre of many of the discussions going on today about the evolution of capitalism.\
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As such, the Trico Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Centre is one way the Haskayne School of Business, its students, and Calgary itself, can participate in - and ideally be at the forefront of - these crucial conversations.

Our collaboration with the Trico Charitable Foundation, coupled with our Trico Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Centre at Haskayne, builds on Calgary’s strengths to create a flourishing social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Jim Dewald, former Dean, Haskayne School of Business

#### Student Experience

Explore the student experiential learning opportunities offered by the Trico Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Centre.

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#### AMAASE

Ask Me Anything About Social Enterprise (AMAASE) is an interactive session whose sole purpose is to answer social entrepreneurship questions from the audience.

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#### Community Engagement

Get involved as a guest speaker, gain support with our student consulting projects, and attend a webinar.

[Learn more](https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/tricofoundation/community-engagement)