Author Archives: Robyn Fehrman

One year ago, we shared with you A Message from CASE on Racial Justice in America as part of our journey toward becoming anti-racist, particularly using three levers: our thought leadership platform, training the next generation of business leaders, and …

What year it was! Our 2020-21 academic year brought more challenges than any of us could have anticipated.  A year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic with its horrific toll on health, livelihoods, education and so much more. Compounded by the …

“I found the team skilled at jumping in and learning a new industry and providing actionable recommendations and insights. – Michael Welchel, Big Path Capital Is your impact enterprise in need of additional capacity to move forward an important project …

If I plant at the wrong time, I will have lost my investment in seed and fertilizer – and can’t replant. If the rains don’t come, I won’t have enough yield to feed my family. If I can’t access credit, …

On May 5, Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future closed out the 2020-2021 Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) Executive Speaker Series with a call to action: “In his famous quote, Dr. King tells us that the arc …

When the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business launched the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact in July 2020, we knew that we would learn a lot during this …

In 2008 when Patrick Pierson-Prah’s parents, both school teachers, moved from a smaller town to Takoradi, Ghana’s 3rd largest city, they faced an uncomfortable dilemma: Secure shelter by using the family’s available financial resources to pay the equivalent of two years of …

On March 10, Safeena Husain, Founder & Executive Director of Educate Girls shared powerful scaling lessons as part of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business’s  Executive Speaker Series. Based on …

At the 16th Annual Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference on February 24, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business was thrilled to announce the inaugural winner of the Fred Morgan …

While each of the 14 finalists for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact demonstrated innovative scaling strategies, resilience amid challenges, and powerful evidence of impact, one rose to the top of a competitive inaugural applicant pool.  The …