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Crowdfunding scientific discoveries
How does natural gas fracking contribute to air pollution? Which features of the urban landscape affect the abundance of bees and the consequent crop yield? Is it possible to prevent the transmission...
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Sewing the seeds of change
Sometimes a very simple idea can have a great impact. Case-in-point: Krochet Kids intl. is turning yarn and crochet hook into tools for social change. When Kohl Crecelius, CEO of KKi, decided to enter...
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$40,000 awarded to world changing business ideas
“GSEC gets to the noble purpose of business.” – Dean James Jiambalvo Every year, the UW Foster School of Business holds the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC), an international social...
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2014 UW Business Plan Competition Announces Sweet 16
Innovii 36 student-led startups from colleges and universities across Washington state gathered at the University of Washington today to compete in the Investment Round of the annual UW Business Plan...
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$70,000 awarded to student-led startups
“This is the best night of the year,” said Craig Sherman, partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, as he took the stage at the 17th annual UW Business Plan Competition awards ceremony. His...
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Meet the 10 student-led startups in the 2014 Jones + Foster Accelerator
There’s a popular quote from Alltop co-founder and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki: “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” Ask any entrepreneur and they’ll agree. Producing prototypes, navigating legal...
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Below is a collection of press on the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition. 2013 June 14, 2013: GSEC 2012 ICT prize winners makes “Startup of the Month” (Entrepreneur Magazine) September 9,...
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Dear GSEC Friends – It is with mixed emotion that I share our decision, after ten successful and rewarding years, to discontinue the UW Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC). Since we...
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Foster D-Prize Competition: using business principles to solve issues of...
There are more than 2 billion people who live on less than $2 per day. The good news? Effective poverty solutions have already been developed. Today’s challenge is finding a better way to distribute...
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Meet the Foster D-Prize teams
Foster D-Prize is dedicated toward expanding access to poverty-alleviation solutions in the developing world. Many solutions to problems of poverty already exist; the challenge is distributing these...
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