---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lindsay Michimoto <lindsaym@cs.washington.edu> Date: 2009/8/12 Subject: [Cs-grads] FW: Apply now: Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2010 To: cs-grads - Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu> ________________________________ From: GSEC [mailto:gsec@u.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:14 PM To: Lindsay Michimoto Subject: Apply now: Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2010 Please share this announcement widely with interested applicants. Thank you! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) Social change is serious business 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 GSEC! GSEC engages creative minds around the world to encourage bolder and less conventional business solutions to global poverty.  Open to all 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. Semi-finalist teams from around the world will be invited to Seattle for GSEC Week (March 1-5, 2010), where they pitch their business ideas to judges and the UW community, visit regional companies, and compete for up to $17,500 in prize money, including global health awards. Business ideas may focus on any industry area, such as global health, environment, energy, agriculture, education, or technology. Multidisciplinary teams are highly encouraged. Application deadline November 11, 2009 Apply online here. Applications consist of an executive summary of the business idea. Semi-finalist GSEC teams will be selected in December 2009 and paired with mentors to develop their business idea before GSEC Week in March 2010. Details and application: http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcom... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Become a fan of GSEC on Facebook Visit us online http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcom...