No need to call yourself a "social entrepreneur".

4 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Charles Cormier argues that calling yourself a "social entrepreneur" creates a false divide between business and public good. Many companies, including AI firms adopting B-Corp status and trust boards, naturally blend commercial goals with societal benefits without needing the label.

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I don't think that— I think we believe that these things are separate and it's partially why I don't love, like when we talk about entrepreneurship, but we caveat it somehow, like you're a social entrepreneur or you're an impact entrepreneur. Like I don't think we need those designations. I think businesses have different goals and sometimes those goals mix something about public good with what they're doing. And I think that's fine. And by the way, we're, we're in the middle of this debate around all these AI companies, right? I mean, they're all B Corps. And they, and for the most part, they have like these trusts. It's actually another level. They've got these trust boards essentially that govern what they can and can't do. And that's like another version of this.