Evening MBA alum moves to HR career, lands China mission for Microsoft
Evening MBA student Melanie Sharpe came to a career turning point midway through her program. With a prior background in education, she planned to use... 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
How to build a great team
In this post, experienced entrepreneur Brian Glaister, President & CEO of Cadence Biomedical shares his 9 Principles for successful team building. We will also learn... Read More
Does your idea have legs? Assessing your customer & determining your value proposition
Three experienced social entrepreneurs share valuable insights – 3 steps to understand your business, 4 steps for success, and 5 steps to create sustainable ventures... Read More
Want to change the world? Where good ideas come from and how they evolve into social enterprises.
Listen to leaders from Lumana, Village Reach and Nsansa as they discuss how they developed their good ideas into ventures that are changing the world!... Read More
Study abroad: Getting started
Foster alum Anna Demyanik reflects on her experience preparing to study abroad in the Netherlands.
Study abroad: Personal transformation
Foster alum Benjamin Wood participated in the UW Exchange program in Germany in 2007. This is his personal testimony. Studying abroad in Germany in the... Read More