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Decoding the ABCs of Effective Enterprise Acceleration: 10 Lessons from SEAD
Like learning a new language, scaling an enterprise is full of unknowns, imperfect attempts and lessons for the future. Enterprise accelerators often serve as translators between their participants and the outside world. In doing so, accelerators must decipher between what they assume will be effective and what the enterprises they serve want and need. How […]
How Can You Tell If You are Ready to Scale?
Even the most successful social enterprises face challenges as they expand into new geographies, expand their product offerings, partner with others, or grow the size of their operations. Social enterprise growth often requires evaluation and evolution among multiple dimensions, including customer-facing criteria such as market size and product-market fit; operational and business model considerations such […]
SEAD Highlights Report: Reflecting on 5 Catalytic Years
The CASE office was abuzz in early 2012. We had the opportunity to be part of a trailblazing initiative for both the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Duke University itself. USAID, in pursuing ways to accelerate growth and innovation in international development work, decided to test a new partnership with universities—where the ideas […]