Social Entrepreneurship Consulting
"I thought this would be an ideal time to use the skill that I have acquired in a meaningful way,"
-Ryan Wells, Downtown Streets Team, Palo Alto, Calif.
Social Entrepreneurship Consulting is an opportunity for MBA and MPA students to use their advanced business skills and work with organizations to reduce poverty.
In 2009 students worked with organizations in Ghana, Paraguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, California, and Utah. In past years students have also worked in Mozambique, Peru, and Mexico.
-Ryan Wells, Downtown Streets Team, Palo Alto, Calif.
Social Entrepreneurship Consulting is an opportunity for MBA and MPA students to use their advanced business skills and work with organizations to reduce poverty.
In 2009 students worked with organizations in Ghana, Paraguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, California, and Utah. In past years students have also worked in Mozambique, Peru, and Mexico.
Projects vary depending on the needs of the organization.
Typically students spend three to four weeks in May analyzing small businesses, microfranchises, and other poverty alleviation projects and then suggest practical solutions for improvement.
RESOURCES
For more information or to apply visit the
Center for Economic Self-Reliance, 360 TNRB or contact Brad Hales at
801-422-9009 or bradhales@byu.edu.
Read the 2009 news release from the Marriott School.
PROJECT DETAILS
Final reports, blogs and link to the organization's website:
Nicaragua and Guatemala - Cause for Hope
