CASE i3 Consulting Program Client Profile: Quantified Ventures

June 2018 CASE often gets calls and emails from organizations wondering if there are ways to work with our fabulous students – and the answer is YES!  One way for organizations working in the impact investing field to take advantage of the expertise and passion of our Duke MBAs is through the CASE i3 Consulting […]

CASE’s Year in Impact 2017-2018

It’s June, another school year has gone by and another group of CASE and CASE i3 Fellows have graduated. We had another exciting year of impact at CASE. Here are some of the numbers from 2017-2018. If you are interested in learning more about our 2017-2018 year you can read CASE Executive Director, Erin Worsham’s […]

Another Year of Driving Social Change: What Would Greg Think?

May 2018, Erin Worsham, Executive Director Every summer, as another academic year comes to a close and the echoes of graduation begin to fade away, I take some time to reflect on the year. This year that reflection has been particularly bittersweet as CASE celebrates our 15th anniversary. To think that 15 years ago, our […]

Lorraine Orr, COO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America COO

This post was written by Anna Moran, Duke Daytime MBA student. Before coming to Fuqua, Anna worked with the Center for Global Development in Washington DC as an Institutional Advancement Officer, managing relationships with Fortune 500 companies around their corporate social responsibility efforts. Anna grew up in the Philippines and Thailand, and remains passionate about […]

When Grants Hurt Your Business

This post was written in April 2018 by CASE Executive in Residence Alden Zecha Regardless of whether they are for-profit or non-profit, small organizations are always looking for more capital to continue their work and sometimes just to survive. Grants can be an excellent source of capital for social enterprises since they don’t require financial […]

Creating a Truly Inclusive Workplace: Lessons from Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference 2018

This post was written by David Claps, Fuqua Daytime Student and organizer of the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference, in February 2018. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion should be everyone’s job,” said Dwayne Marshall, Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships at Southeastern Council of Foundations and panelist on the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference […]

Operationalizing Change with Leigh Morgan of Gates Foundation

This post is written in January 2018 by Danielle Hayman, a second year Duke MBA student, CASE Fellow, and Co-President of Fuqua’s Net Impact Club. All lives have equal value. This belief guides the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and also the life’s work of Leigh Morgan (A.B. ’90), former Gates Foundation […]

Matthew Weatherley-White of Caprock Group

This post is written in December 2017 by Kat McNeil, a second year Duke MBA candidate and CASE i3 Fellow.  Matthew Weatherley-White conveys infectious optimism about the potential to leverage capital markets to drive positive impact. With a self-proclaimed aversion to conventionality, Matthew’s winding path took him from ski bum, to Smith Barney broker, to […]

Three takeaways from an MBA student’s first SOCAP Conference

This post is written by Manuel Costa, a second year Duke MBA student, in November 2017. From Tuesday 10th October to Friday 13th October more than 3,000 people assembled in Fort Meyers, San Francisco, to talk all things Impact Investing. This was SOCAP’s 10th edition and it was evident from the get-go this was a […]

NextBillion Interviews Erin Worsham and Other Thought Leaders at SOCAP

November 2017 At this year’s SOCAP conference, NextBillion interviewed eight thought leaders, including investors, entrepreneurs and other influencers, on Facebook Live. The discussions covered a broad range of issues important to the social business and investing space. According the NextBillion, “if you missed the conference, or if you have an interest in these sectors, these […]