The SMS integration part should be interesting for Change folks.  Write to cbalick@uw.edu with questions.

Invite friends through the Facebook invite or forward.

 

Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

 

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Speaker:  Junaid Malik, CEO of Raise d’Bar, a social enterprise in Pakistan

When:  Monday, April 21st  12:00-1:20

Where:  Dempsey Hall Classroom 126  (At Foster School of Business)

Eat!  tasty samosas from Shalimar Pakistani restaurant are served

Facebook invite here:  www.facebook.com/events/1437061566533902/

 

 

Open to all UW students, faculty, staff, and public

 

·         Learn about UW grad, social entrepreneur and filmmaker, Junaid Malik changing the lives of farmers and families in the mountain regions in Pakistan. 

 

·         His social startup, Raise d’Bar, is paving a new market for the dried fruits and nuts farmed in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan

 

·         Brainstorm with him as he moves to work with Telenor (Telecom company in Pakistan) to create an SMS-based social network equipping farmers with the power of information to strengthen their selling power. 

 

This lunchtime talk is for anyone interested in using business for good in a developing country, who is inspired by a guy who creates a positive impact through a creative business idea – and has the passion to pull it off.  Pakistan is a tough place for an entrepreneur.  Come hear how this UW grad [2007 in economics and drama] and filmmaker has created an enticing granola bar in slick packaging to appeal the city markets of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. 

Read more about Raise d’Bar here:  www.facebook.com/raiseyourbar

And here:  http://aurora.dawn.com/2014/03/24/the-new-entrepreneurs/

 

 

 

Brought to you by the Global Business Center’s GSEC (Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition) at the Foster School of Business and The Jackson School

 

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Charlene Balick

Assistant director, global business center

Michael G. Foster School of Business • University of Washington

mackenzie Hall 137 • Box 353200 • Seattle, WA 98195-3200

T: 206.543.4109 • C: 206.683.6296

cbalick@uw.edu • foster.washington.edu


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