Author Archives: Jehan El-Gabri

15 Social Impact Research Topics You Want to Read

Social Impact Research

For 15 years, CASE has been studying the social impact field and how social entrepreneurs can leap the chasm from innovative idea to sustainable impact. Greg Dees, one of our founders and a pioneer in the study of social entrepreneurship, …

Day in Durham – Creating Meaningful Impact Beyond Fuqua

Day in Durham 2017

This post was written by Jonathan Woodward, a 2019 Fuqua MBA and a CASE Scholar. Before coming to Fuqua, Jonathan worked on educational programs in Los Angeles, including the teaching policy advocacy group Teach Plus and Alliance College-Ready Public Schools. Learn …

When You Should Leave Your Social Enterprise

Leave your social enterprise

This post was written by CASE Executive-in-Residence and Sproxil Co-Founder Alden Zecha. He has over 25 years of experience in more than 35 countries and has founded several companies, including SEAD Innovator Sproxil, Inc., a social venture that provides a consumer SMS and app …

SOCAP17 Conference Preview: What to Expect at SOCAP

SOCAP17 is right around the corner, and the SOCAP team is hard at work developing outstanding programming and events for the 10th anniversary year. Here’s a look at some of the latest updates from SOCAP with a preview of some …

Introducing CASE Scholar Jonathan M. Woodward

Jonathan Woodward

Duke’s Fuqua School of Business offers scholarships each year to individuals with social sector backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. The CASE Social Sector Scholarship brings in amazing students who add a …

Building Hope: Fuqua on Board and Habitat for Humanity

This post by Daytime MBA Matthew Thacker was originally published on the Duke Daytime MBA Student Blog. You can read the original post here. Looking back on my life, including my experience at Fuqua, one thing clearly rings true: I’ve been …