1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,790 2 00:00:02,790 --> 00:00:04,660 For you to see change, you have to be 3 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:06,294 in an uncomfortable situation. 4 00:00:06,294 --> 00:00:07,710 If you're comfortable all the time 5 00:00:07,710 --> 00:00:09,544 then change is almost unlikely. 6 00:00:09,544 --> 00:00:15,150 7 00:00:15,150 --> 00:00:17,010 We're in Dominica right now, which 8 00:00:17,010 --> 00:00:19,910 is a country in the Caribbean islands. 9 00:00:19,910 --> 00:00:22,307 We're here to study social entrepreneurship. 10 00:00:22,307 --> 00:00:25,260 It's taking the students to a small economy, 11 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:28,170 and showing them the challenges that the entrepreneurs face. 12 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:30,150 And how Inherently in their projects 13 00:00:30,150 --> 00:00:32,062 and in their entrepreneurial activities 14 00:00:32,062 --> 00:00:37,494 there's a social good that's part of that initiative. 15 00:00:37,494 --> 00:00:38,910 Getting the first hand feel of how 16 00:00:38,910 --> 00:00:44,591 young people are willing to take that step now can be inspiring. 17 00:00:44,591 --> 00:00:46,590 To be honest, I was pretty nervous about meeting 18 00:00:46,590 --> 00:00:48,650 with all these different entrepreneurs 19 00:00:48,650 --> 00:00:50,680 because these people are actually doing 20 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,310 business in the real world. 21 00:00:52,310 --> 00:00:55,280 I actually worked with Big G who's just started a burgeoning 22 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,230 hot sauce company. 23 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:57,700 For that he needs to have farmers 24 00:00:57,700 --> 00:00:59,574 to be able to grow the peppers that he needs. 25 00:00:59,574 --> 00:01:01,100 He has gotten a lot of his friends 26 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:03,570 actually to grow peppers, because they all know together 27 00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:07,050 that if he succeeds, everyone succeeds. 28 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:11,090 I never thought about sort of intertwining economic interests 29 00:01:11,090 --> 00:01:13,650 and social interests, but to find these businesses that 30 00:01:13,650 --> 00:01:16,312 make them integral to each other, instead of competing, 31 00:01:16,312 --> 00:01:17,020 was really great. 32 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:18,936 And it's really, really important to uplifting 33 00:01:18,936 --> 00:01:23,930 the community and creating a stable economy. 34 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:26,950 It's also important for them to get a sense of the culture. 35 00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:29,570 Being able to understand the way that people interact 36 00:01:29,570 --> 00:01:31,867 in their own society respective to ours, 37 00:01:31,867 --> 00:01:33,450 there's a lot of cultural differences, 38 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:35,902 and I think it's important to be sensitive of that. 39 00:01:35,902 --> 00:01:37,860 The island is very mountainous, and it's almost 40 00:01:37,860 --> 00:01:39,180 90% rain forest. 41 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:41,700 It's not really your typical Caribbean island 42 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:44,140 which has sand beaches and things like that. 43 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:46,044 They have a lot of waterfalls, hikes. 44 00:01:46,044 --> 00:01:48,910 45 00:01:48,910 --> 00:01:51,120 We went to this part called the Valley of Desolation. 46 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,090 47 00:01:54,090 --> 00:01:58,050 It was really amazing to me to realize how much beauty 48 00:01:58,050 --> 00:01:59,660 that there is in Dominica. 49 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:03,120 That's very valuable in terms of how important it 50 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,650 is to protect the environment and provide by ourselves 51 00:02:06,650 --> 00:02:10,550 and provide for the generations to come. 52 00:02:10,550 --> 00:02:12,430 It's true that the people are not 53 00:02:12,430 --> 00:02:14,380 wealthy in terms of financial resources, 54 00:02:14,380 --> 00:02:16,830 but from the natural resources and their way of life, 55 00:02:16,830 --> 00:02:17,580 they're very rich. 56 00:02:17,580 --> 00:02:19,770 And that I think was great for the students 57 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:22,310 to capture that as well. 58 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:30,348