In February, Duke and Ashoka U hosted a national conference on social entrepreneurship education. It was a wonderful weekend with over 300 participants representing 70 universities and 10 countries. Included in the weekend’s activities was a TEDx event that was …
Greg Dees was quoted in an interesting NY Times piece on social business, “The Path from Charity to Profit”: For a social business, “the obstacles are similar to those of starting and running any new business,” said J. Gregory Dees, …
One of the ways that social entrepreneurs innovate is by adapting existing business models and practices to socially-oriented outcomes. This has resulted in a variety of for-profit, nonprofit, and hybrid business structures that have been used by entrepreneurs to create …
This article was originally published by the Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership online magazine and is bring reprinted with their permission. The first time Paul Bloom tried to complete a triathlon, he wasn’t prepared. He didn’t have a wet …
This post was written by first year Duke MBA student Michael Ferguson. The Grameen Banking Model Comes to America For over thirty years, the Grameen Bank has earned worldwide acclaim for its service to the poor of Bangladesh. Founder and …
We blogged in a previous post about the nonprofit vs. for-profit decision that social entrepreneurs make as they are starting up their new venture. But even that difficult choice between nonprofit and for-profit is overly simplified. On the spectrum of …
Announcing a new publication from Greg Dees: “Social Ventures as Learning Laboratories” in Tennessee’s Business (Vol 20, No 1, May 2011). This publication was originally written for a special edition of Innovations distributed at the 2009 World Economic Forum meeting …
This post was written by Jessica Harris and Amy Snyder – both first year MBA students, CASE Fellows, and the fantastic leads of this year’s “Stache Bash”. April showers bring May flowers, but around Fuqua, April also brings mustaches. LOTS …
For entrepreneurs, the start-up phase is an exciting but challenging time. For social entrepreneurs, a major decision that needs to be made during this start-up phase is whether to launch as a for-profit or nonprofit (or hybrid in between)? Many …
Clark and Dees have posted their latest profile on the Social Edge, this time highlighting Simpa Networks. Simpa is a fascinating profile – a sophisticated business model, inserted in to a complex ecosystem, a bold mission (to expand clean, safe, …
