The SMS integration part should be interesting for Change folks. Write to cbalick@uw.edu<mailto:cbalick@uw.edu> with questions. Invite friends through the Facebook invite or forward. Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan [http://aurora.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2-in-the-kitchen.jpg?w=600] [http://aurora.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-Gilgit.jpg?w=600] Speaker: Junaid Malik, CEO of Raise d'Bar, a social enterprise in Pakistan When: Monday, April 21st 12:00-1:20 Where: Dempsey Hall<http://uw.edu/maps/#!/dem> Classroom 126 (At Foster School of Business) Eat! tasty samosas from Shalimar Pakistani restaurant are served Facebook invite here: www.facebook.com/events/1437061566533902/<http://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<http://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<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcompetition/Pages/GSEC.aspx>) at the Foster School of Business and The Jackson School [1C_FosterUnitLogo_GBC_W_ID_Black_R] [South Asia Logo transparent background] 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<mailto:cbalick@uw.edu> * foster.washington.edu<http://www.foster.washington.edu/> Building Global Business Expertise<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/Pages/globalbusiness.aspx> [make-a-gift.gif] <https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift?page=funds&source_typ=5&source=GLOBAL&priority=nonpriority>