Uncategorized

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A version of this post originally appeared on the SOCAP blog in October 2017. You can read the original post here. You can visit the CASE Smart Impact Capital website here. Does this sound familiar? You’re an impact entrepreneur and you spend more time and effort than you can really afford on fundraising. You’re searching for investors […]

This post is written by Jehan El-Gabri, a second-year Duke Fuqua, in October 2017 During my first year at Fuqua, I fully embraced the opportunity to be a student again. Having worked in education and policy, my transition to business school meant embracing the feeling like I was drinking from a firehose and learning as […]