Tag Archives: social impact

This post is part of our series on SEAD’s recent visit to East Africa to work with our innovators in the field and put on events in Nairobi focused on healthcare innovation and scaling in East Africa. Learn more about …

You’re a busy entrepreneur with an innovative venture that is making a real impact. But like many impact entrepreneurs you likely face questions and challenges in the capital-raising process. Many get the wrong kind of capital at the wrong time. …

This post was written by John Troy, founder of WorkMonger and Fuqua MBA 2009 alumnus. He is also a former sector switcher who remains thrilled he made the transition to the social impact sector. Learn more and stay connected with …

This post was written by Chris Castro, Fuqua MBA 2017 and a CASE Scholar. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University, Chris was a 5th and 6th grade teacher in Honduras for the nonprofit organization The Farm of the Child. He …

Imagine a goal that seems insurmountable. Perhaps clearing out your garage of everything piled inside so that your car will fit inside. Now amplify the scale of that goal to the size of a complex, international social venture. How would …

This post was written by Evelyn Powery, a 2015 graduate of the Duke MBA program. While at Fuqua, Evelyn served as student co-chair for CASE i3 and as a CASE fellow. The CASE i3 Fellowship allows practitioners to engage MBA …

This post was written by Adelina Dasso, a first year Duke MBA student and Associate in the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) Program On March 24, I had the great opportunity to attend the presentation of our CASE …

CASE supports students that are pursuing many different paths to impact. Our students may go on to become senior managers of social ventures, social impact consultants, impact investors, or social entrepreneurs themselves. We intentionally encourage diverse career paths because we …

This post was written by Emily Silman, a first-year Duke MBA student and a member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club. Government and business: to many people, these two entities mix about as well as oil and water. So …

This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post March 4, 2015. Our team at CASE has studied social entrepreneurship and scaling social impact for over a decade. During that time, one thing that has been clear is that organizations striving …