Video: Starbucks VP Ben Packard on social entrepreneurship
Starbucks VP of Global Responsibility Ben Packard (Foster MBA 1998) spoke at the 2012 University of Washington Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition award banquet, emphasizing the significance of...
View Article$68,000 for winners of UW Business Plan Competition 2012
The 2012 University of Washington Foster School of Business’ Business Plan Competition had a record amount of seed funding and record participation. Winning start-ups are innovating in sectors like...
View ArticleNobel laureates, social business and Gangnam style
Guest post by Buddy Waddington, Foster BA 2010 Buiddy Waddington at the Global Social Business Summit in Vienna This fall I had the great honor of being selected as a Young Challenger at this year’s...
View ArticleMost read blog posts of 2012
Competitions were king in 2012 when it comes to which blog posts were most popular. Other reoccurring themes in the top blog posts: entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and cleantech. Check out...
View ArticleGSEC: Just do it
Shannon Mills has been involved with GSEC since its inception in 2005. She shared her experiences as a competitor on a multi-disciplinary team, mentor and judge with us in a recent interview. Shannon...
View ArticleGSEC – A look back, and looking forward
Guest post from Bob Ness, Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) Advisory Committee member. As we prepare for GSEC at UW next week, Bob reflects on what keeps him coming back each year, and...
View ArticleSocial entrepreneurship competition commences
Guest post by Kelly Shen, Foster undergrad and Certificate in International Studies in Business (CISB) student She is a Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) ambassador to Team LifeChair...
View ArticleSocial innovations inspire at GSEC Trade Show
Guest post by Jene Etheridge, Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) Ambassador, Foster undergrad and President of UW Social Entrepreneurship Club Entrepreneurs, students, engineers, and...
View ArticleMore than $30,000 awarded to social entrepreneurship startups
Increasing protein-based food in Nigeria, promoting coffee in Rwanda, reducing indoor air pollution from cooking in Bangladesh, building a wheelchair out of bamboo—these are a few of the ideas...
View ArticleGSEC through the eyes of a mentor
Guest post by Tom Jensen, co-founder of Enterprise Futures network who helped source mentors for GSEC 2013, and mentor to Grand Prize winning team Jorsey Ashbel Farms. Jensen with Jorsey Ashbel Farms...
View ArticleHolding up half the sky: the third billion
Nineteen UW students along with faculty member Cate Goethals and GBC staff member Jess Rush recently returned from a nearly month long trip to India to explore the “half the sky” and “third billion”...
View ArticleMeet the 20 Teams coming to GSEC Week in Seattle!
The Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is an international student social business plan competition that challenges university-level students worldwide to use business principles to...
View ArticleMBAs tackle strategy projects in India
As a Foster MBA student, getting a job and achieving financial independence is usually expected and the path to find a job is relatively clear. But in parts of rural India where education access may be...
View ArticleCrowdfunding 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...
View ArticleSewing 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...
View Article$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...
View Article2014 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...
View Article$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...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleGSEC Press Room
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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