social entrepreneurship
Fika: Transforming Rural Infrastructure Planning with AI
In this Snapshot, Fika shares its journey from identifying a critical barrier to scale to building an AI-enabled platform that helps governments make better infrastructure investment decisions for rural communities. More than a technology story, this case explores the leadership, funding, talent, governance, and strategic decisions behind a transformative AI initiative. Download this Snapshot to […]
2026 CASE Launch Pad Award
Derek Rhodes, MBA Class of 2027, named winner of the 2026 CASE Launch Pad Award The Launch Pad Award provides $10,000 in unrestricted funding and mentorship to one promising Duke MBA student or team working to address a social or environmental challenge. This year’s winner, Derek Rhodes, brings five years of hands-on experience as founder […]
Four Shifts Reshaping the Future of Impact
Erin Worsham, Executive Director of CASEMay 2026 The impact sector is navigating a moment of profound transition. At the 2026 Skoll World Forum, Skoll Foundation CEO Marla Blow described the “unexpected depth and callous speed” of the cuts to development funding in 2025, comparing the disruption to a forest fire that devastated the community. But […]
2023 Launch Pad Award
Translating lived experience into innovation to support female domestic workers in India Arya Diwase is the winner of the 2023 Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) Launch Pad prize, which awards $10,0000 and mentorship to a current Fuqua MBA students with an impact enterprise idea. Arya will use Launch Pad funds to travel to […]
Class of 2024 Fuqua Impact Scholars in Social Impact
The social problems that we face as a global community are urgent and we need leaders with the skills, courage, and support to drive for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. This is why CASE was thrilled to partner with Fuqua’s Office of Admissions in 2021 to launch the Fuqua Impact Scholarship– a merit-based […]
Welcome 2022-2023 CASE and CASE i3 Fellows
Each year, CASE selects a group of Fuqua MBAs to serve as CASE and CASE i3 Fellows. These students have stood out to us in their passion and commitment to taking a deeper dive into their social impact or impact investing learning with their peers, and in their ability to act as ambassadors for CASE’s work within Fuqua and […]
2022 Launch Pad Award
Translating lived experience into innovation to increase access for food allergy consumers Eighty nine million Americans avoid buying at least one of the top-9 allergen food products. Of these 89 million, 25 million have a severe or moderate allergy, 7 million have a mild allergy, 32 million have food intolerances. Twenty-five million are indirect avoiders […]
Michael McAfee on the CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
February 2022 “Sometimes my tone can sound absolute, but I am still learning and growing,” PolicyLink President and CEO Michael McAfee cautioned as he dove into a conversation with CASE Executive Director Erin Worsham as a part of CASE’s Executive Speaker Series. McAfee, noted for many accomplishments, is a “catalyst for a new and growing […]
CASE Announces 5 Finalists for the F.M. Kirby Scaling Social Impact Prize
From a pool of 130, five social enterprises stood out above the rest in this year’s competition for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, which CASE has the privilege to manage. One of these five will ultimately be awarded the prize – a $100,000 unrestricted grant to support their achievement of impact […]
SBSI 2020 Review: What it takes to lead in innovating for a better world
February 2020 “Strap in your seat belts, it is going to be a busy decade for impact and all of you have a role to play,” said Freya Williams, CEO of Futerra North America, as she opened the fifteenth annual Sustainable Business and Social Impact 2020 (SBSI 2020) Conference at Duke University’s Fuqua School of […]