Tag Archives: nonprofit

CASE Chat with Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach for All

Wendy Kopp TFA Teach for All

This month’s CASE Chat features Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America and co-founder of Teach for All, a global network of independent organizations developing educational leaders and sharing educational solutions across the globe. Teach for All operates in 40 …

3 Tips for Nonprofit Startups Looking for Funding

This post was written by Loree Lipstein, founder of Thread Strategies and Fuqua MBA 2015 alumnus. During her time at Fuqua, Loree was a CASE Scholar and Co-President of the Net Impact and JBA Clubs. She founded Thread Strategies as …

Introducing CASE Scholar Jennifer Fluder

As noted in the previous post, Fuqua offers scholarships each year to individuals with nonprofit backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. In addition to Michelle Kirby, we are proud to announce our second CASE Scholar, …

KickStarting the End of Poverty

This post was written by first year MBA student and CASE Fellow Greg Payne. Greg reflects on a recent visit from Martin Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO of KickStart International. CASE was honored to recently host Martin at Fuqua and award …

A Rocket Scientist & Awarding-Winning Social Entrepreneur

This post was written by second year MBA student and CASE Fellow Joanne Sprague. Joanne reflects on a recent visit from Jim Fruchterman, Founder of Benetech and the recipient of the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation.  When you talk to Jim …

Outgrowing Your Business Model: E+Co

This post originally appeared on the Social Edge.  Join the conversation there! The one true thing that we seem to be able to say about business models in social entrepreneurship these days is that by necessity, they must continually adapt and …

Chinese Growth Not Just For Private Sector

This post was written by Ben Thomas who is pursuing a joint MBA/MPP degree at Duke. With Shanghai’s dazzling skyline and acres of LED lights, its hum of commerce and activity, and its myriad manifestations of wealth and modernity, it’s …