The Business and Economic Development Program (BEDP) is a specialty program within the UW Business School that provides, both Undergraduate and MBA students an opportunity to learn about emerging markets in America’s inner cities while simultaneously helping inner city entrepreneurs grow their companies.
The BEDP offers students the opportunity to:
- strengthen their consulting skills
become a team leader
gain management experience
apply classroom teachings to a realworld buisness setting
Consulting Projects:
In collaboration with the PEI Consulting Network (PCN), the BEDP sponsors business-consulting projects that enable MBA students to work with growing inner city companies. In 1999, a BEDP-PCN team was a finalist in the inaugural Field Study Competition sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.
MBAs pair with Buisness School Alumni in their work as consultants with small buisnesses in Seattle’s emerging communities. Advisors provide industry expertise, serve as connections to the corporate community and link to resources for summer internships. Advisors have come from firms including:
- Microsoft
Point B Solutions
GoodThings.com
Boeing
Deloitte and Touche
The Hartman Group
