Author Archives: Zen Dedekind

This post was written by Zen Dedekind, CASE i3 Fellow and Co-Chair for the 2016-17 academic year. Debra Schwartz, Managing Director of MacArthur Foundation, came to the Fuqua School of Business as part of the CASE Executive Speaker Series. Read about other CASE …

How do social entrepreneurs leap the chasm from idea to sustainable impact at scale? That’s been the question we’ve been obsessed with since the start of CASE. We know that some social ventures are able to achieve dramatic scaling of …

This post was written by Kristine Pearson, Founder of Lifeline Energy, formally known as Freeplay Foundation. Pearson serves on the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and was honored with the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award in …

This post was written by Katie Jansen and originally posted on Duke Today. You can find the original post here. Four female innovators told a Duke audience last week that social entrepreneurship was a way for women to challenge the …

Last year, we announced our work on Smart Impact Capital, a cutting edge concept for preparing social impact entrepreneurs for raising the right kind of capital for their ventures. In August, we unveiled the first three modules in the series …

This month’s CASE Chat features Matthew Thomas, Managing Partner of Paddle. Previously known as Prospect Madison, Paddle is a tri-sector leadership advisory firm aimed at enhancing collaboration across the business, government and non-profit sectors to address society’s most pressing issues. In this …

By the nature of our mission, the CASE team spends a lot of time thinking about social entrepreneurship and how we can foster a growing community of social impact leaders and organizations. But what about when we’re not in the …

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 …

Experiential learning is a critical part of our work here at Fuqua. One of the ways we give students the opportunity to delve into the world of social entrepreneurship is through projects in the Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP) and …

This post was written by Seth Brown, a third year dual Masters of Public Policy and Masters of Business Administration (MPP/MBA) candidate at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the Fuqua School of Business. Prior to graduate school, Seth …