Tag Archives: social entrepreneurship

“Be A Social Entrepreneur” with Greg Dees

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Erin Worsham

This post originally appeared on Southern New Hampshire University’s Be a Social Entrepreneur blog. To read the original post, click here. J. Gregory Dees has been the recipient of the Ashoka and Aspen Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Entrepreneurship … Continue reading →

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10 Years of Impact and Counting

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Erin Worsham

After 10 years, our team at CASE is incredibly proud of our accomplishments and even more excited to look to the future.  Of course, none of this is possible without the support and partnership of so many in the field. … Continue reading →

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Advice for Social Entrepreneurs

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Erin Worsham

As part of Stanford’s “Social Entrepreneur Building Block Series,” Professor Dees recently gave advice to budding student social entrepreneurs.  He discussed the variety of ways to define social entrepreneurship, the core of which is finding innovative solutions to social problems, … Continue reading →

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The Past, Present and Future of Social Entrepreneurship

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Erin Worsham

CASE Founder Greg Dees reflects on 10 years of CASE at Fuqua. This Q&A was originally posted on the Fuqua website (here). Social entrepreneurs are playing a key role in recognizing and resourcefully pursuing opportunities to create social value. They … Continue reading →

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“What’s Your Problem?” HESN Launch Event

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by Liz Charles, a second year Duke MBA. Liz has been involved with CASE during her time at Fuqua and also interned this summer with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD). On November 8-9, … Continue reading →

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Interview with Greg Dees: Reflections on Teaching Social Entrepreneurship

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Erin Worsham

David Bornstein recently wrote about “The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur” in the New York Times.  His blog notes the rapid increase in social entrepreneurship education – from only a handful of courses taught in 2002, to more than “350 … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Erin Worsham

We are excited to officially announce that Duke has been awarded $10M by the US Agency for International Development to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke! This award is part of a new initiative of USAID, the Higher Education … Continue reading →

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Introducing CASE Scholar Jennifer Fluder

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Erin Worsham

As noted in the previous post, Fuqua offers scholarships each year to individuals with nonprofit backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. In addition to Michelle Kirby, we are proud to … Continue reading →

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Is Your Social Venture Really Worth Scaling?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Paul Bloom

This article was originally published on the Harvard Business Review blog and is being reprinted with their permission. The post is written by CASE professor Paul Bloom.  Paul’s new book, Scaling Your Social Venture: Becoming an Impact Entrepreneur, was just … Continue reading →

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Duke MBAs Consulting in Developing Economies

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Erin Worsham

We recently completed another exciting year of CASE’s Global Consulting Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship (GCP). The GCP is a field study course in which teams of Duke MBA students complete projects with social enterprises serving base-of-the-pyramid markets in developing economies. … Continue reading →

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