Social Entrepreneurship represents a specific form of entrepreneurship based on the principles of social, ecological and economic sustainability, and part or all of the profits generated outweighs the well-being of the community, but in practice it often faces a misunderstanding of purpose and potential. In Europe and the world, the growing trend of establishing different forms of social entrepreneurship is growing. The purpose of this thesis is to show the importance of social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship of socially vulnerable people, entrepreneurship future where young people will have the opportunity to find themselves, to get a job. It fought against poverty, promotes social cohesion, trying to increase employment through EU programs and improve quality of life. It is considered as the most responsible for the beginnings of the development of social entrepreneurship was Bill Drayton who founded the "Ashoka" comunity in 1980 to create a platform to support social entrepreneurs. It is important to also mention the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which lends money to poor people. It is also the first real form of social entrepreneurship. Croatia has also embraced the concept of social entrepreneurship which proves the fact that in Croatia there are many companies that have recognized the mission and objective of concept social entrepreneurship. Two examples are described in in continuation, two from Croatia and three from the world. Social enterprise "Hedona d.o.o." is the first social enterprise in Croatia, which was founded by people with disabilities in Koprivnica County. Another example is the social organization "Dupinov san", which seeks the realization of eco-communication projects, actions and training modules. Famous examples in the world are: John Lewis partnership, social cooperative La Cordata and corporate engagement Mondragon.