Mentoring at Foster
Leadership is a must have trait for all MBA students, but leadership development opportunities are scarce for most students in their pre-MBA careers. Foster aims... Read More
Episode 3: Mentoring New Product Managers Through Empathy and Understanding
In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board members Red... Read More
Introducing Yoko Okano as a Mentor for the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship is Foster’s 12-month degree that embodies the startup process — from ideation and testing, to refining and preparing to... Read More
Mentorship has the answers when Google doesn’t.
Not all the learning at Foster takes place in the classroom or online. The UW Foster Mentor Program pairs business executives with MBA students where... Read More
MBA Mentorship Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID crisis turned the economy and business world upside down in a way not seen since the Great Depression. In this chaotic and disorienting... Read More
Finding your Path and Priorities: Q&A with Trevor Ford, MBA 2021
Why did you choose the Evening MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business? I chose the Evening MBA program at Foster because I... Read More
3 Lessons Learned from 2 Years of Business School
This week, I completed year two of the UW Foster Evening MBA Program. With just one year remaining, I wanted to share a few lessons... Read More
Exceeding expectations: Q&A with Houston Gossett, MBA 2018
Why Foster? I chose to come to Foster mostly due to its strong network within Seattle and the impressive job placement statistics. However, it was... Read More
Modern mentoring
Foster’s mentoring maven, Susan Canfield, discusses how the time-honored practice has evolved, and how you can get involved Mentoring is having its moment. An ancient... 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