This post was written by Pia Morante, a second-year Duke MBA student, CASE i3 Fellow, and a member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club. This month we had the pleasure to welcome Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui, CASE i3 …
A big congratulations to Tom Mitchell (Fuqua MBA ’07 and CASE Scholar), Managing Director of Cambridge Associates, for being honored this year with the Fuqua Leader of Consequence Award! The award recognizes Fuqua alumni whose exemplary professional accomplishments are match …
If you’re like many prospective MBA students, you want to make a difference in the world. In fact, Net Impact National’s annual survey found 93% of student respondents think social and environmental issues are very important or essential to the …
Can a smartphone app increase civic engagement? Fuqua MBA and CASE Fellow Tim Scales aims to find out with his startup CivicRise. Since 2012, CASE awards one Fuqua MBA student with a budding social venture the CASE Launch Pad award. …
While there is no single path for scaling social impact, we’ve learned many lessons about what works and what does not: How critical is local adaptation? What can social enterprises do to remain focused on what matters most? Why might …
This post was written by Samantha Dina, CASE Fellow and Co-President of the Fuqua Net Impact Club. This post was originally posted on the Duke Daytime MBA Student Blog. When I walked into Duke’s innovation center, “The Bullpen,” to participate …
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 …
Each year, CASE and CASE i3 selects an elite group of second-year MBAs to act as ambassadors of CASE’s work and collaborate with the CASE team throughout the year. These fellows come from a wide range of backgrounds and participate …
Pomona Impact launched in Guatamala in 2011 and makes investments in small growing businesses in Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador. Pomona Impact particularly targets firms that improve the lives of people living in the bottom of the economic pyramid …
This post was written by Simone Pitre, Program Associate at Innovations in Healthcare, a partner in the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD). This year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by …
