Negotiating with Employees, Vendors, and Other Business Partners
As the employees, consumers, businesses and governments manage through the immediate and medium term of the Covid-19 crisis business owners will need to re-negotiate written... Read More
Cash and Debt in Good and Bad Times
The precipitous drop in demand from consumers, businesses and government has added pressure for businesses to manage cash and their debts wisely. This workshop will... Read More
The Coronavirus Pivot: Customer Discovery Strategy for Your Business
Once businesses start to open back up, life will not be the same. If you run a restaurant, you won’t be able pack people in... Read More
Adapting Your Business to the COVID-19 Reality and Beyond
The US economy and business environment has been fundamentally changed by the coronavirus. The needs of consumers and businesses will be substantially different during and... Read More
Freshman Consultant Speaks on Gaining Experience for the Real World
During the Winter quarter of 2020 I was a Freshman Consultant in Foster’s Business Consulting Program. Overall, this experience was highly valuable to me. I... Read More
Forming a Picture
The COVID-19 Small Business Recovery Playbook project has reached its half-way point. After four weeks of extensive data collection and analysis, we are starting to... Read More
How will the COVID-19 pandemic reshape Seattle? Podcasting professor weighs in
What happens when seemingly unstoppable economic growth meets an irrepressible global pandemic? Seattle is finding out. The hard way. To get a uniquely informed perspective... Read More
Teamwork in Action: Finding Mentorship Among Peers
My first quarter here at the University of Washington this fall I got the chance to partake in the Foster Consulting Program through the Foster... Read More
Consulting the Consultants: Business Impact Group Students Fine-Tune Strategies for Local Firm
This past winter quarter, I had the opportunity to join Business Impact Group (BIG) at the University of Washington, a consulting group where students like... Read More
CBDC offers Covid-19 Recovery & Reconstruction workshops
As owners of small- and medium-sized business are adjusting to economic changes wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, faculty from the University of Washington Foster School... Read More