Author Archives: Erin Worsham

CASE is proud to announce the winner of our 2012 Enterprising Social Innovation Award: KickStart International! KickStart develops and promotes technologies that can be used by entrepreneurs to establish and run profitable small scale enterprises and help families improve their economic …

Q3 has already come and gone – our 10th anniversary year sure is flying by fast!  As we do each quarter, we’ve summarized our recent happenings below: Our most recent newsletter is chock full – including a recap of the 7th annual …

This post was written by Mailande Moran, a first year Duke MBA and a student fellow with CASE i3.  On Wednesday, the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing co-hosted a meeting of roughly 80 leading investors, entrepreneurs, academics and intermediaries from the …

This post was written by Elana Boehm, a first year Duke MBA and CASE Fellow. Elana reflects on some of the marketing panels from this year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference and how different companies are implementing programs and connecting with …

This post was written by Amy Snyder, a second year Duke MBA and current CASE Fellow.  Amy reflects on a recent visit from Jorge Becerra, Senior Partner and Managing Director in BCG’s Santiago office.  Jorge is the regional leader of BCG’s Community …

This post was written by Brendan Mullen, a first year student at Fuqua.  Brendan recaps “Disruption in the Military,” a recent panel at the 2012 Duke Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference.  A Net Impact conference at a business school can …

This post was written by second year Duke MBA and CASE Fellow Beth Bafford.  Beth reflects on a recent visit from Laura Callanan, CASE Advisory Council member and keynote at this year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference.  Laura works with the Social …

This post was written by Amy Snyder and Beth Bafford. Amy and Beth are both second year MBA students, CASE Fellows, and the co-chairs of this year’s fantastic Duke MBA Net Impact “Sustainable Business and Social Impact” Conference.  Earlier this …

This post was written by first year MBA student Ian Cain.  Ian reflects on a recent visit from Ron D. Cordes, co-chairman of Genworth Financial Wealth Management and founder of ImpactAssets.  Cordes came to Fuqua as part of the CASE i3 speaker series on impact investing.  …

On January 26th at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Credit Suisse Research Institute, in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, released a new report entitled Investing for Impact: How Social Entrepreneurship is Redefining the Meaning of Return (download pdf here). …