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3 Questions to Consider Before Starting Your Social Venture

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 …

Improving Teacher Selection in Charter Schools through Data Analysis

Eleanor Boothroyd (Daytime MBA 2016) is passionate about education. She serves on the Board of the Durham Nativity School in Durham and as Fuqua’s Net Impact Club co-chair of the Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) Conference, the largest conference of its …

SBSI: Exploring Sustainability and Social Impact for 11 Years

SBSI Program

As we’re busy preparing for this year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference on February 24th, it’s hard to believe it has been 11 years since the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club began hosting the conference. In …

Facebook & Health: A Match Made in Latin America?

This post originally appeared on the Duke Global Digital Health Science Center blog. Their research study looking at the effect of Facebook in adapting healthy behaviors was one of four studies funded by SEAD last year. You can find summaries …

Mixing Private Capital and International Aid: The Case of Nepal

Colin is a second year dual Master of Public Policy and MBA candidate at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Fuqua School of Business. At Duke, Colin is focusing on finance and international development. Last summer Colin interned …

The Role of Big Society Capital in Growing Impact Investment

During his visit to campus in December, Nick O’Donohoe, CEO of Big Society Capital, provided insight into the founding of the organization and its role in building the social investment market in the United Kingdom. Impact investing (as we know …

Our Top Posts of 2015

CASE had another busy and exciting year in 2015! We thought we’d share our most viewed posts for the year: #1: Did You Know? 10 Facts About CASE 600 students serving on nonprofit Boards. $12.1 million to launch a university …