What's it all about?
Goyoung is a project launched by three belgian students who decided to travel the world to shoot a documentary on social entrepreneurs under 30.
Starting in October and for nine months, they will go meet young social entrepreneurs who have undertaken amazing projects in their countries.
The Goyoung team has been gathering information on social entrepreneurship for years, through books (Passeurs d'espoir, A World without poverty, Building Social business, The Economics of Microfinance, Le Tour du monde en 80 hommes), conferences and contacts. After all their research, and after talking to many experts, the team has been able to shape their final idea : a documentary on young social entrepreneurs under 30.
Our mission
1. The Goyoung project wants to promote social entrepreneurship amongst the youth around the world.
By meeting with young (under 30) social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, the Goyoung project will give inspiration to the youth all around the world. These social entrepreneurs are young, creative and ambitious. They present a model for the youth.
This documentary will work on fighting the stereotype that having a social goal prevents any long term sustainability and profitability. Goyoung will show that both business and social goals can and must co-exist and that commercial and business principles can be applied to solve social problems.
In addition to the young social entrepreneurs they meet, the Goyoung team will interview Inspiring Minds in the field of social entrepreneurship. These important and creative thinkers are crucial to the documentary and represent a positive model for the youth.
The Goyoung documentary will be a testimony of the success of social entrepreneurship around the world and will pave a path for tomorrow's youth.
2. The Goyoung Project is working on a comparative study on the different models of social business around the world.
The project’s second objective is to yield a comparative analysis of the different models of social entrepreneurship around the world. With the help of some known academics the field of social entrepreneurship the team created a template of relevant questions for their interviews. The answers to these questions will produce significant results that can be used for academic research.