Driven by a mission, fueled by investment
We’re all familiar with for-profit businesses, focused on the sales of a product or service, and motivated by value creation and financial return. We also... Read More
Enliken: putting an end to surreptitious data
Have you noticed that since you clicked that YouTube link for Nora the Piano Cat, you’ve been seeing significantly more online ads for pet food?... Read More
Zulily and Maveron: Building a successful company
Guest post by Emilia Griswold, Foster MBA 2014 Foster students were recently treated to a discussion of “What Makes a Successful Company” with Darrell Cavens,... Read More
GSEC 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... Read More
More 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... Read More
GSEC 2013 teams
GSEC 2013 welcomes 14 semi-finalist teams – representing 9 countries and 12 universities – to Seattle for this year’s high-powered GSEC from February 25 – March... Read More
Social 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... Read More
GSEC – 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... Read More
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship awards $170,000 to eight student-led start-ups
When Katlin Jackson returned from her second trip to Haiti in January 2012, she was a woman on a mission. After spending time in a... Read More
Paradigm shifts and P4 Medicine
Dr. Leroy Hood, a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine, spoke at UW Foster School in January 2013 about innovation, complexity, P4... Read More