Expectations of capital sources are “not really aligned with the needs of early-stage social entrepreneurs” By Robin D. Schatz This story appeared originally at SAGE Business Researchers. Read the whole piece here. Impact investors are integral to the growth of social entrepreneurship, according to Catherine Clark, founder and director of the i3 Initiative on Impact Read more about Q & A: Catherine Clark on Impact Investing[…]
Cathy Clark at Duke’s CASE i3 initiative, on what we’ve learned about the sector – and how much we still don’t know By James Militzer (This post originally appeared on Next Billion here.) The i3 Initiative on Impact Investing is part of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), a prominent research and Read more about Impact Investing Goes to School[…]
This post is part of our series on SEAD’s recent visit to East Africa to work with our innovators in the field and put on events in Nairobi focused on healthcare innovation and scaling in East Africa. Learn more about the trip here. Right now is an exciting time to be involved in global health Read more about 3 Trends in East African Healthcare Investment[…]
You’re a busy entrepreneur with an innovative venture that is making a real impact. But like many impact entrepreneurs you likely face questions and challenges in the capital-raising process. Many entrepreneurs find it hard to raise capital. And many entrepreneurs raise capital but discover later they got the wrong kind of capital at the wrong Read more about Raising Smart Impact Capital[…]
Cathy Clark of CASE i3 was invited by the US State Department as a delegate at the Obama Administration’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi in July, 2015. While there, she moderated a panel on global health in Africa entitled, “Enabling Scale: Building a Global Health Ecosystem for Impact.” The panel explored Read more about From the Global Entrepreneurship Summit[…]
CASE i3 Advisor Melissa Bradley shares her experience as a tri-sector leader collaborating on solutions to social problems. Melissa has vast and diverse impact experience, having started and successfully sold a social enterprise, worked as an impact investor focused on investing in entrepreneurs of color and female entrepreneurs, and served as the acting director of Read more about Melissa Bradley, New Capitalist, on Tri-Sector Leadership[…]
Michael MacHarg is Senior Advisor, Social Ventures for Mercy Corps; co-founder of the for-profit social venture, Simpa Networks; and, a member of the CASE i3 Advisory Council. In this CASE Chat, Mike talks about impact investing, tri-sector leadership, and offers advice for budding social entrepreneurs. Brought to you by the Center for the Advancement of Read more about CASE Chat: Michael MacHarg[…]
Impact Investment Clean Energy and Climate Solutions: 2015 Sector Highlights Report DURHAM, NC — June 16, 2015. Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) today released the Impact Investment Clean Energy and Climate Solutions 2015 Sector Highlights Report to describe progress on commitments to invest in clean energy and climate solutions made at Read more about New Report: Clean Energy and Climate Solutions[…]
CASE i3 recently partnered with Duke Corporate Education (ranked #1 in corporate education programs in the world) and Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in China to design and teach a program tour on philanthropy and impact investing for a group of ultra high net worth Chinese entrepreneurs and their families. The 7-day tour included time in Durham, NC, Read more about Exec Ed Program with DKU and Duke CE[…]
Fuqua sends out “Did You Know?” messages to its staff about the activities of different departments at Fuqua. We are a large institution and especially since CASE does so much of its work outside of the walls of Fuqua, we wanted to share this list of 10 facts about our work in 2015: CASE Read more about Did You Know? 10 Facts About CASE[…]
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