The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke - A USAID Development Lab
Connect with us!
  • About SEAD
    • What is SEAD?
    • Our Approach
    • Our Partners
  • The SEAD Innovators
  • SEAD and Students
  • SEAD Knowledge Center
  • SEAD Blog

The Symposium Program is Here!

3/31/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Want to find out who will be panelists at the Symposium?  Interested in reading about the Innovators and the representatives that will be coming to the Symposium?  Need a map of where the Trent Semans Center for Health Education is?

Download the full Symposium program now!

0 Comments

Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding Lessons From Social Entrepreneurs

3/27/2014

0 Comments

 
This summary provided by SEAD Student Assistant Lizzy Knippler, Duke '16
"Together with our partners at USAID and other members of their Higher Education Solutions Network, we at SEAD have been studying the patterns of the marketplace to discern rules of the road." -Cathy Clark
Picture
SEAD just released a new report advising entrepreneurs on how to best pitch their ideas to impact investors. The paper focuses on funding lessons from our SEAD innovators who are working to scale their impact through ventures that include providing last mile delivery, operating hospitals and clinics, selling micro-insurance, and using technology to combat counterfeit drugs.

Read more about the lessons learned by checking out this HuffPost blog by Cathy Clark, Director of the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) and professor at Duke!


Want to meet the innovators described in Cathy's article? Join us for the 2014 Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health on Friday, April 4th. Register today.
Picture
0 Comments

SEAD Symposium Innovator Highlights – Round 2

3/26/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Next week is the Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health!  We're excited to be welcoming the SEAD Innovators to Duke campus and giving the community a chance to learn about the exciting work they're engaged in.

Our last blog post featured innovator attendees with operations in India. This week we’ve highlighted innovators working throughout Africa. We hope that you enjoy learning more about the organizations who will be attending the Symposium. If you would like the chance to meet these innovators in person, register for the Symposium here.


Read More
0 Comments

Our innovators make headlines! Vaatsalya wins IUSSTF award and is profiled in Forbes

3/20/2014

0 Comments

 
This summary provided by SEAD Student Assistant Lizzy Knippler, Duke '16
Image credits: OneBreath and Design Directory
Vaatsalaya had many exciting highlights to share in their most recent newsletter, including their recognition by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum:
"The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF),  is an autonomous, not for profit society that promotes and catalyzes Indo-US bilateral collaborations in science, technology, engineering and biomedical research through substantive interaction among government, academia and industry. 

This year a joint proposal made by Vaatsalya and OneBreath for developing low cost ventilators to help save lives in resource poor setting has been chosen by IUSSTF as one of the awardees."

OneBreath ventilators cost 10% of the normal retail price of the medical device. The inventor, Matthew Callaghan, redesigned the standard ventilator machine so that it was both low-cost and suitable for a pandemic-like situation. The machine is portable, durable, and runs on battery, allowing it to be stockpiled in case of a pandemic. The ventilator can be used across patient requirements, as compared to the traditional ventilator where one machine is conventionally required per patient type.

Read more about the OneBreath project here


"For real scale to happen in the impact sectors, you need a lot of funds turning their attention to these sectors and that will happen when the business and the innovation is looked at from a commercial point of view," he says. 
One sector that straddles both social and commercial well is healthcare.  Whether it’s impact funds or traditional venture capitalists, there’s a growing interest in healthcare companies to address the abysmal gap in India’s healthcare infrastructure." -Esha Chhabra, Forbes contributor 
Picture
Vaatsalya uses a for-profit model with an emphasis on affordability. It costs a little over $30 to deliver a newborn.
Image credit: Forbes
Forbes Magazine India recently ran a story on impact investing in India. They reference Vaatsalya's success as an example of "how commercial viability cross over into social good."

Read the full Forbes article here

0 Comments

SEAD Symposium Innovator Highlights – Round 1

3/14/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
We are less than a month away from the Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health! The office is bustling as we begin our final push to attract attendees, prepare our network of innovators for our panels, and organize the final event details.

Attendees including leading innovators within SEAD, senior leadership from our supporting organizations, Duke faculty and students, investors, and health system leaders interested in healthcare innovation will gather on Friday, April 4th to contribute to a thoughtful discussion. We hope that attendees not only leave feeling encouraged but with truly valuable connections. The Symposium includes what promises to be an engaging speech by Chuck Slaughter on creating livelihoods while scaling access to life-changing products, a moderated panel on “smart failure,” a networking reception with our 17 innovators, and much more.

Many of the SEAD innovators participating at this year’s Symposium are traveling from faraway places such as Kenya and India to highlight their innovations, tell their story, and describe the type of support they need to achieve growth to our audience. Each week, leading up to the Symposium we will highlight a small group of innovators participating this year! Round 1 is featured below and introduces innovators delivering care in India – Enjoy!

Interested in meeting our network innovators? Register for the SEAD Symposium here.



Read More
0 Comments

The Symposium is Coming!

3/12/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
In three short weeks, it will be time for the Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health!  We've been hard at work bringing together SEAD innovators and global health experts to bring you a exciting mix of panels to check out.  Some of the confirmed panel topics include:

  • Role of Behavior Change in Encouraging the Uptake of Healthcare Innovation
  • Understanding Ecosystem Factors Fostering and Inhibiting Healthcare Innovation in India
  • Fail Forward: How Successful Social Entrepreneurs Reap the Benefits of Failure


To see a full list of the panel discussions we have in store for you, check out the latest on the Symposium site.  And make sure to register today!

0 Comments

Innovators in the News: Penda Health

3/7/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Nicholas Sowden, founder of Penda Health, was recently quoted in an article about impact investing and how it is key in growing industry in Kenya.  Check out the article published by The Standard Group here.

0 Comments

Operation ASHA Founder and President Speaking at Social Enterprise Summit

3/4/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Shelly Batra, founder and president of Operation ASHA, has been invited to delivery the keynote address and be a panelist for the Institute of Competitiveness' Social Enterprise Summit being held March 4, 2014.  The event is being held in Gurgaon, India, and will feature a series of workshops and discussions on creating social enterprises, understanding their impact on communities, and best practices for sustaining the enterprises.

For more information on the Summit and the Institute of Competitiveness, visit their website.

0 Comments

    SEAD

    A USAID development lab for scaling innovations in global health.

    Providing social entrepreneurs in global health with the knowledge, systems and networks needed to succeed.

    Archives

    November 2017
    June 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    November 2012

    Categories

    All
    DHT Lab
    DHT-Lab
    Our Partners
    Publication
    Sead And Students
    SEAD Innovators
    Sead In The News
    SEAD In The News
    Sead Students
    SEAD Summit

    RSS Feed

Contact Us
Mailing Address: 100 Fuqua Drive, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120

Campus Location: SEAD/CASE Suite, W136, Keller West, Fuqua School of Business
@DukeSEAD
info@dukesead.org
The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD)
A USAID Development Lab for Scaling Innovations in Global Health