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 In Inc. magazine, Dr. Yunus discusses  has the 5 steps a social business owner can use to have great success in creating jobs (article is written by Maureen Kline):

https://www.inc.com/maureen-kline/5-steps-to-building-a-social-business-according-to-muhammad-yunus.html

"5 Steps to Building a Social Business, According to Muhammad Yunus"

"Dr. Yunus believes his model for social business can and should be replicated widely. Here are his tips for those interested:

1. Don't be a job seeker, be a job creator. Dr. Yunus notes that a rising number of highly educated university graduates is coming into a working world that does not offer nearly enough good jobs to match. When young people ask him where they can find a job, "I say getting a job is an old-fashioned idea, just forget about it," he recounts. Instead, he offers no-interest financing to back their entrepreneurial ideas.

2. Focus on a problem. Think big, like he did. Focus on unemployment, or lack of infrastructure, or education. In your small way, you can fix it. Be aware of your ability to fix big problems. "The young generation today is the most powerful generation in history, because of technology," says Dr. Yunus. "They need to be aware of the power they have, as individuals. Then they can pose the question: what use can I put this power to? They can become someone who has done something for the world."

3. Define a small sliver of the big problem that you can solve first. Bring 5 people out of unemployment. Bring 3 people off of taxpayer-funded welfare.

4. Let go of the whole idea of profit. If you focus entirely on solutions to your problem, and you are not looking for a profit margin, you will find cheap materials, not expensive ones. You will be surprised at how much costs come down and creative tools and ideas (and volunteers) appear to help.

5. After you've solved the first little sliver, scale up. If your tiny solution works, it will probably catch on naturally. You will be able to replicate it easily, others will replicate it, and one day a systemic shift will have occurred.

Dr. Yunus is excited about the future, because he sees young people interested in values other than money. He plans to participate in a meeting in Atlanta in November 2015 with other Nobel laureates to discuss peace, and he'd like a big turnout of youth to join, "to envision the future, and how we can build peace," he explains. He has learned, apparently, that anything is possible."

Replicate widely?  Yes.  If it works in a city of 320 people, it should work everywhere  in towns of 300 to 1,000 plus.

Focus on a problem, think big.  Whether it is tech (laptops, PCs or apps) or feeding people or creating 5 or 10 or 20 jobs in a town, think of what can be done differently to make everyone's life easier.  Sometimes the best ideas sound dumb or crazy, but then with one little change, it is genius!

Have the boldness to start, even if you have only $10.  Surprise everyone!

Dream big!

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