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
Business Certificate Program – Seattle
The Business Economic Development Center’s Business Certificate Program will begin in April at UW Seattle campus. The six-session course teaches business fundamentals through a series... Read More
Leadership Team teaches STEM lesson to local middle school students
Guest post by Jackie Nguyen, Foster undergraduate Being the founders of the annual Foster Week of Service, the Business and Economic Development Center Leadership Team... Read More
Student Consulting Program – student perspective
Guest post by Rai Huang, Foster undergraduate I initially enrolled in the BEDC Student Consulting Program without really understanding what consulting means; my impression was... Read More
BEDC grad students provide consulting for Ketchikan Indian community
The BEDC is again working to support small business growth in Southeast Alaska. A team of four UW Foster MBA students has spent winter quarter... Read More
More than $30,000 awarded to social entrepreneurship startups
Increasing protein-based food in Nigeria, promoting coffee in Rwanda, reducing indoor air pollution from cooking in Bangladesh, building a wheelchair out of bamboo—these are a... Read More
Social innovations inspire at GSEC Trade Show
Guest post by Jene Etheridge, Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) Ambassador, Foster undergrad and President of UW Social Entrepreneurship Club Entrepreneurs, students, engineers, and investors... Read More
Social entrepreneurship competition commences
Guest post by Kelly Shen, Foster undergrad and Certificate in International Studies in Business (CISB) student She is a Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) ambassador... Read More
GSEC – A look back, and looking forward
Guest post from Bob Ness, Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) Advisory Committee member. As we prepare for GSEC at UW next week, Bob reflects on... Read More
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship awards $170,000 to eight student-led start-ups
When Katlin Jackson returned from her second trip to Haiti in January 2012, she was a woman on a mission. After spending time in a... Read More