Just because you're doing good in the world doesn't mean you can't make money in the process. In this discussion of Hybrid and For-Profit Business Models from the Skoll World Forum, five social entrepreneurs tell how they incorporate for-profit activities into their organization and how that helps them achieve their social goals.  

Tina Seelig of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program talks about the benefits of incorporating profit into a nonprofit, and several ways of doing it. Priya Haji of World of Good is working to create a transparent, replicable market for socially sustainable products; is currently in over 1,100 stores; and has an online partnership with eBay. Tralance Addy of WaterHealth International builds water retrieval and treatment facilities in poor villages and makes enough money to get traditional commercial financing. Liza Kimbo of the LiveWell Kenya Foundation has created a network of pharmacies and clinics in Kenya that profitably provide prompt, affordable medical services through training, central purchasing, and technology. Finally, Sebastien Marot of Friends-International has used for-profit ventures like restaurants and cookbooks to give vocational training to street children in Southeast Asia and make his organization partially self-sufficient.