Entrepreneurship Fest Hands You the Keys to Success
We have the keys. Now is your time to take entrepreneurship out for a spin. The 2017-2018 school year kicks off with a series of... Read More
Getting Beyond Better: A conversation with Sally Osberg, President & CEO of the Skoll Foundation
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 the Foster School of Business’s Global Business Center will be hosting Sally Osberg, President & CEO of the Skoll Foundation,... Read More
Meet the Foster D-Prize teams
Foster D-Prize is dedicated toward expanding access to poverty-alleviation solutions in the developing world. Many solutions to problems of poverty already exist; the challenge is... Read More
Foster D-Prize Competition: using business principles to solve issues of global poverty
There are more than 2 billion people who live on less than $2 per day. The good news? Effective poverty solutions have already been developed.... Read More
$40,000 awarded to world changing business ideas
“GSEC gets to the noble purpose of business.” – Dean James Jiambalvo Every year, the UW Foster School of Business holds the Global Social Entrepreneurship... Read More
Meet the 19 teams coming to GSEC Week in Seattle!
The Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is an international student social business plan competition that challenges university-level students worldwide to use business principles to create sustainable, positive solutions... Read More
Global change marketplace: how the GSEC Trade Show brings the world to UW
Over its nine year history, the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business has brought awareness of pressing... Read More
Great insight and thoughtful honesty at Day of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Guest post by Emilia Griswold, Foster MBA 2014 She attended the Day of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which was organized by Ken Denman, Edward V. Fritzky... Read More
Driven by a mission, fueled by investment
We’re all familiar with for-profit businesses, focused on the sales of a product or service, and motivated by value creation and financial return. We also... 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