Promoting Global Expansion in Minority-Owned Businesses through Foreign Market Consulting Projects
Last fall, the Global Business Center matched Foster undergraduate student teams with five foreign market research projects designed to grow revenues and profits for minority-owned, women-owned, and inner-city businesses. These projects... Read More
Business Certificate Program in Tri-Cities
Ashley Lake and her colleague, Jarrod Franson, are employees at Sun Pacific Energy in Kennewick, WA. Both attended Consulting & Business Development Center’s Business Certificate... Read More
100,000 Jobs: UW Consulting Center’s 20th Anniversary
The actor, director, and comedian Cheech Marin kicked-off the 20th Anniversary Celebration for the Consulting and Business Development Center, complimenting Washington for its outstanding agricultural... Read More
Consulting: A path to greater expectations
Sora Yi, Foster BA, Class of 2017, talks about how her internship at the Consulting & Business Development Center exceeded her summer expectations. Before embarking on... Read More
Lessons learned in a 3,000 mile drive
Megan Whitman, Foster School of Business, BA Class of 2016 reflects on her summer as a Consulting & Business Development Center summer student consultant. In... Read More
A budding career in consulting
Jaren Nakamura, Foster School of Business Class of ’15 reflects on his experience as a student consultant for the Consulting & Business Development Center. My experience... Read More
Share your story with the Consulting & Business Development Center!
This year the Consulting and Business Development Center is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! After two decades of serving the business community in the State of Washington, the... Read More
Colours By Design | reflections on the Business Certificate Program
Patty Maggard Prediletto, owner of Colours By Design, an interior design firm based in Yakima, Washington, reflects on the value of the Business Certificate Program... Read More
2015 Undergraduate Consulting Challenge
On Friday, May 8, the Consulting and Business Development Center hosted the Undergraduate Consulting Challenge, pairing three local small businesses – Big Time Brewery, Gargoyles Statuary,... Read More
Minority Business Hall of Fame 2015
On April 21, the Consulting and Business Development Center had the honor of hosting the Minority Business Hall of Fame and Museum (MBHF) for the... Read More