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Announcing the 6th Annual
Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)
March 1-5, 2010
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Do you have an idea for an innovative, commercially-sustainable business that addresses a problem of poverty in the developing world? If so, we invite you to apply for the 6th annual GSEC!
GSEC engages creative minds around the world to encourage bolder and less conventional business solutions to global poverty. Open to students around the globe—and across fields of study—GSEC plans are judged on the quality of life in the developing world, financial sustainability, and implementation feasibility.
Business ideas may focus on any industry area, such as global health, environment, technology, agriculture, and education. Multidisciplinary teams are highly encouraged.
Twelve to fifteen semi-finalist teams from around the world will be invited to Seattle for GSEC Week, where they pitch their business ideas to judges and the UW community, visit regional companies, and compete for prize money, including global health awards.
Application deadline November 11, 2009
Apply online here.
Semi-finalist GSEC teams that are invited to visit Seattle for GSEC Week will be selected in December 2009.
Details and application: http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcompetition/Pages/GSEC.aspx
ABOUT GSEC Each year, the Global Business Center brings the world to University of Washington: a select group of interdisciplinary teams are invited to Seattle to participate in GSEC Week at the UW Foster School of Business. Teams attend exclusive company visits, receive feedback on their presentation and pitch their business ideas to judges as they compete for prize money.
From affordable, nutritious meals for slum dwellers in Mumbai, to mobile wind turbines in Kazakhstan, to solar oven-powered water purification systems in Tanzania, GSEC business plans demonstrate the power of business to create sustainable, positive change to some of the world’s most challenging social problems.
Since GSEC began over 300 students from more than 25 countries have participated in the program. GSEC fosters interdisciplinary collaboration—across fields of study and among academic institutions. Student team members from the UW alone have come from the schools of business, engineering, health sciences, international studies, law, and public administration.
GSEC is organized by the University of Washington’s Global Business Center at the Michael G. Foster School of Business, with the support of Microsoft (GSEC Grand Prize sponsor) and the UW Department of Global Health.
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