Author: Robyn Fehrman
The Work Continues: CASE’s Ongoing Racial Justice Journey
One year ago, we shared with you A Message from CASE on Racial Justice in America as part of our journey toward becoming anti-racist, particularly using three levers: our thought leadership platform, training the next generation of business leaders, and our own operations. We write to share where we are now. As a team of […]
CASE 2020-2021 Annual Report
What year it was! Our 2020-21 academic year brought more challenges than any of us could have anticipated. A year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic with its horrific toll on health, livelihoods, education and so much more. Compounded by the continued systemic racial inequities experienced here in the US and abroad. Certainly, the challenges of […]
Add Capacity to Your Team with Duke MBA Student Consultants
“I found the team skilled at jumping in and learning a new industry and providing actionable recommendations and insights. – Michael Welchel, Big Path Capital Is your impact enterprise in need of additional capacity to move forward an important project that you haven’t had the time or energy to focus on? Do you have an […]
When Will the Rains Come? CASE Announces New Partnership with Mercy Corps Ventures focused on scaling the promise of microinsurance for smallholder farmers
If I plant at the wrong time, I will have lost my investment in seed and fertilizer – and can’t replant. If the rains don’t come, I won’t have enough yield to feed my family. If I can’t access credit, I can’t increase my yield, diversify, or innovate. These are just three of the problematic […]
CASE Executive Speaker Series: Three Takeaways on Investing for Systemic Impact
On May 5, Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future closed out the 2020-2021 Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) Executive Speaker Series with a call to action: “In his famous quote, Dr. King tells us that the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice – but we have to realize that the […]
The Inaugural Kirby Impact Prize: What We Learned
When the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business launched the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact in July 2020, we knew that we would learn a lot during this inaugural year. We were specifically interested in three questions: How do we invest in equity? […]
CASE Executive Speaker Series: Three Takeaways on Using Data, Innovative Finance, & Community to Scale Girls’ Education
On March 10, Safeena Husain, Founder & Executive Director of Educate Girls shared powerful scaling lessons as part of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business’s Executive Speaker Series. Based on her own story rooted in childhood poverty and dropping out of school, Husain founded Educate […]
Get to Know our Kirby Impact Prize Winner: Healthy Learners
At the 16th Annual Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference on February 24, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business was thrilled to announce the inaugural winner of the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact: Healthy Learners. Based in Zambia, Healthy Learners works to improve the […]
Healthy Learners Wins Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact
While each of the 14 finalists for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact demonstrated innovative scaling strategies, resilience amid challenges, and powerful evidence of impact, one rose to the top of a competitive inaugural applicant pool. The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business […]
CASE Executive Speaker Series: Three Takeaways on Converting Disparity to Opportunity from Bronze Investments
On January 13, Stephen DeBerry, Founder and Managing Partner of Bronze Investments, led a joy-filled, virtual conversation on converting disparity into opportunity with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) i3 Initiative on Impact Investing at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business during the first CASE Executive Speaker Series of 2021. “Our work […]