Social Entrepreneurship, Growing Your Business By Giving Back

The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest is hosting a dinner program on Sept. 24 on how entrepreneurs can have an impact on society. Kent Norton, the CEO of The Starfish Television Network, will moderate a panel discussion that includes Ann Kelly, a partner at Global Philanthropy Group, Monty Montoya, president and CEO of Sightlife, and Randall Ottinger, partner of LMR Advisors. Registration for alumni is $48, a regular seat is $54, and onsite registration is $60.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.