SBSI 2020 Review: What it takes to lead in innovating for a better world

February 2020 “Strap in your seat belts, it is going to be a busy decade for impact and all of you have a role to play,” said Freya Williams, CEO of Futerra North America, as she opened the fifteenth annual Sustainable Business and Social Impact 2020 (SBSI 2020) Conference at Duke University’s Fuqua School of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Breaking the Paradigm: Nonprofit (Good) vs. For-Profit (Evil)

SightLife-Monty Montoya Talk

This post was written by Simone Pitre, Program Associate at Innovations in Healthcare, a partner in the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), in March 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to […]

Supply & Demand in Impact Investing at Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

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This post was written by Raquel Lima, a second-year MBA student at The Fuqua School of Business in April 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to solve these challenges and discussing how these […]

Being Unreasonable at the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

Teju Ravilochan Unreasonable Institute

This post was written by Kylie Johnston, CASE Fellow, Co-President of the Net Impact Club, and Candidate for MBA, in February 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to solve these challenges and discussing […]

Recap of the 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference

Danny Suits

This post was written by Danny Suits, a second-year Duke MBA student and co-chair of the Net Impact Club SBSI team, in February 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to solve these challenges […]

Investing in the Environment: From Niche to Mainstream at SBSI17

This post was written by Pia Morante, a second-year Fuqua MBA student, CASE i3 Fellow, and member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club, in February 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are […]

Building a Movement: Jean Case & Her Vision at SBSI17

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This post was written by Alejandra Rossi, a second-year Duke MBA student, CASE Fellow and a member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club, in February 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are […]