Social entrepreneurship means recognizing social problems and achieving social change by applying entrepreneurial principles, processes and operations. The point is that research fully defines a particular social problem and then organizes, creates and manages a social endeavor to achieve the desired changes. Change may or may not involve the thorough removal of a social problem. It can be a life process focused on improving existing circumstances. While general and ordinary entrepreneurial entrepreneurship means running a new business or diversifying an existing business, social entrepreneurship mainly focuses on creating social capital without measuring the impact on profit or return in monetary terms. Entrepreneurs in this field are associated with non-profit sectors and organizations. But that doesn’t eliminate the need to ake a profit. Finally, entrepreneurs need capital to continue the process and bring about positive change in society. Social entrepreneurship has become an increasingly popular field of entrepreneurship and economics in the last 30 years around the world. However, topics related to social entrepreneurship in Croatia have been in focus in recent years due to the development and adoption of the Strategy for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia for the period from 2015 to 2020. This paper will provide an overview of the relevant definition of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneur and social enterprise.