Native American Trading at the River
Guest post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR On April 19-20, 2012, the Oregon Native American Business & Entrepreneurial Network, otherwise known as ONABEN, will be... Read More
Clean-technology winners awarded $22,500 in 2012
If our future will be driven by clean-tech innovation, universities are the laboratories for a green economy. University of Washington engineering and business teams won... Read More
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... Read More
$34,000 for best social entrepreneur ideas of 2012
What do bee farmers, deaf people, jewelry artists, mature women and cataract sufferers have in common? Their lives will be improved by budding social entrepreneurs... Read More
Social entrepreneur people and investor choice winners 2012
Who won the 2012 University of Washington Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition trade show prizes of people’s choice and investors’ choice awards? Take a look at... Read More
GSEC 2012 Teams
GSEC 2012 welcomed 16 semi-finalist teams representing more than 10 countries to Seattle. Teams were selected from an applicant pool of 170 submissions from student... Read More
Social entrepreneurs gather in Seattle to solve global problems
Guest post by various international students participating in UW Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Numerous student teams have gathered in Seattle for the 2012 Global Social... Read More
Impel’s POD device helps drugs jump the blood-brain barrier
It sounds like science fiction: a device that delivers pharmaceutical drugs directly to the brain using something called “nose-to-brain” transport. But this is no sci-fi... Read More
The grapeful red: wine groupie follows his dream
In 2010 the gavel dropped and a bottle changed wine racks at a Hong Kong auction. The price? $233,000, confirming that wine lovers wear different... Read More
Thinking inside the box
From Hawaiian-shirted “captains” at Trader Joe’s to milled flax seed with goji berry powder at Whole Foods, Seattle food shoppers have a jungle of choices.... Read More