When Grants Hurt Your Business

This post was written in April 2018 by CASE Executive in Residence Alden Zecha Regardless of whether they are for-profit or non-profit, small organizations are always looking for more capital to continue their work and sometimes just to survive. Grants can be an excellent source of capital for social enterprises since they don’t require financial […]

Impact Investing at the 2018 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

This post was written by Kat McNeil, Daytime MBA student and CASE i3 Fellow in April 2018 The world of impact investing is rapidly changing with the entrance of large, international investing firms. Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and the list goes on. Driven by their customers, public opinion, private conviction, or a […]

The Power of Networks for Good at the 2018 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

April 2018 Social networks can be powerful vehicles on the road to success. Today, most people define a social network by Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or any of the other apps we use to connect. However, social networks are so much more than these. They are vast and consist of anyone you can call on when […]

Reflections on the 2018 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

April 2018, Josh Dixon of CASE In 1998, Greg Dees authored his influential work, “The Meaning of ‘Social Entrepreneurship,’” in which he described social entrepreneurs as, among other things, reformers and revolutionaries with a social mission. Four years later, in 2002, Dees helped co-found CASE at Duke. At this year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact […]

Challenges of Scale and How to Overcome Them at the 2018 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

April 2018, Erin Worsham, Executive Director At CASE we are obsessed with a few things – supporting social ventures and impact investors to become more effective at achieving lasting social change, training the next generation of impact leaders through our MBA programs, and trying to answer what we believe is one of our field’s most […]

Creating a Truly Inclusive Workplace: Lessons from Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference 2018

This post was written by David Claps, Fuqua Daytime Student and organizer of the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference, in February 2018. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion should be everyone’s job,” said Dwayne Marshall, Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships at Southeastern Council of Foundations and panelist on the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference […]