Monthly Archives: May 2011

The Path from Charity to Profit

Greg Dees was quoted in an interesting NY Times piece on social business, “The Path from Charity to Profit”: For a social business, “the obstacles are similar to those of starting and running any new business,” said J. Gregory Dees, … Continue reading

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Legal Form Strategies

One of the ways that social entrepreneurs innovate is by adapting existing business models and practices to socially-oriented outcomes. This has resulted in a variety of for-profit, nonprofit, and hybrid business structures that have been used by entrepreneurs to create … Continue reading

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Paul Bloom: Scale Like a Triathlete

This article was originally published by the Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership online magazine and is bring reprinted with their permission. The first time Paul Bloom tried to complete a triathlon, he wasn’t prepared. He didn’t have a wet … Continue reading

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Working with Grameen America

This post was written by first year Duke MBA student Michael Ferguson. The Grameen Banking Model Comes to America For over thirty years, the Grameen Bank has earned worldwide acclaim for its service to the poor of Bangladesh.  Founder and … Continue reading

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Why Hybrids?

We blogged in a previous post about the nonprofit vs. for-profit decision that social entrepreneurs make as they are starting up their new venture.  But even that difficult choice between nonprofit and for-profit is overly simplified.  On the spectrum of … Continue reading

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Social Ventures as Learning Laboratories

Announcing a new publication from Greg Dees: “Social Ventures as Learning Laboratories” in Tennessee’s Business (Vol 20, No 1, May 2011). This publication was originally written for a special edition of Innovations distributed at the 2009 World Economic Forum meeting … Continue reading

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April Showers Bring … Mustaches?

This post was written by Jessica Harris and Amy Snyder – both first year MBA students, CASE Fellows, and the fantastic leads of this year’s “Stache Bash”. April showers bring May flowers, but around Fuqua, April also brings mustaches. LOTS … Continue reading

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