"We salute the Foster School's Global Business Center, which acknowledges and rewards social entrepreneurship—business with a social goal." Seattle Times editorial, March 9, 2009

Volunteers & Sponsors

Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition at the UW Foster School of Business unites the business, non-profit and academic sectors in learning about and supporting innovative and financially feasible solutions to global poverty.   

GSEC volunteers and sponsors are a powerful and sustaining thread to the GSEC program: they directly impact young entrepreneurs from around the world and contribute to the growing field of social entrepreneurship overall.  

From the advice and involvement of a wide base of knowledgeable contributors, GSEC student participants increase their global awareness and develop their understanding of how to take a business plan from inception to implementation.  

Each year GSEC engages with over 400 professionals across sectors committed to innovative business solutions to global poverty.  Contact gsec@uw.edu to learn how you can contribute as a mentor, judge, or sponsor.  

GSEC 2012 Sponsors
GSEC would not be possible without the support of its sponsors who help make the competition a reality.  Their dedication to global business education is greatly appreciated.

GSEC Partnerships
GSEC Partners help connect diverse communities across the globe in a shared mission: to support young entrepreneurs and further business solutions to our world’s most challenging problems. We are grateful for the support of our GSEC partners:




Sanergy, a 2011 GSEC Team, won the Grand Prize and the Rotary Prize for Social Impact by pioneering a model to provide sustainable sanitation services in Kenya. Final Round judges commented that the team took "a really tough problem and presented a realistic and well thought out solution." Read more about the 2011 Winners.
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