Author Archives: John Troy

This post was written by John Troy, founder of WorkMonger and Fuqua MBA 2009 alumnus. He is also a former sector switcher who remains thrilled he made the transition to the social impact sector. Learn more and stay connected with …

This post was written by Chris Castro, Fuqua MBA 2017 and a CASE Scholar. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University, Chris was a 5th and 6th grade teacher in Honduras for the nonprofit organization The Farm of the Child. He …

The 7,000 miles between Clover, a bustling, chain of healthy fast food restaurants in Boston, and Vaatsalya Heathcare Solutions, a chain of hospitals serving patients in semi-rural cities in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, might seem too great a distance for …

This post was written by Evelyn Powery, a Fuqua MBA 2015 graduate. While at Fuqua, she served as student co-chair for CASE i3 and as a CASE Fellow. Prior to Fuqua, Evelyn served in the Philippines as a Peace Corps …

Imagine a goal that seems insurmountable. Perhaps clearing out your garage of everything piled inside so that your car will fit inside. Now amplify the scale of that goal to the size of a complex, international social venture. How would …

Why we are monitoring what happens through impact investing capital announced by the White House in 2014 Today at the White House, the Obama Administration announced private sector and executive action commitments of more than $4 Billion to climate change …

This post was written by Evelyn Powery, a 2015 graduate of the Duke MBA program. While at Fuqua, Evelyn served as student co-chair for CASE i3 and as a CASE fellow. The CASE i3 Fellowship allows practitioners to engage MBA …

Fuqua sends out “Did You Know?” messages to its staff about the activities of different departments at Fuqua. We are a large institution and especially since CASE does so much of its work outside of the walls of Fuqua, we …

Scaling social impact is an obsession for most social entrepreneurs. However, even with this obsession, very few social ventures have scaled successfully due to the incredible complexity of getting scaling right. A few years ago, my colleague, Ronnie Chatterji, and …

Daniella Allam is a second year Duke MBA student and a CASE Fellow.  She is also part of CASE i3 Carolina Farm Stewardship Association project. On April 8, CASE hosted a workshop on tri-sector leadership, the center’s theme of the year. The …