{"id":14092,"date":"2018-11-07T16:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=14092"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T19:10:37","slug":"forbes-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/07\/forbes-scholars","title":{"rendered":"Forbes conference infuses confidence in students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/warisha-soomro-180914a-012.jpg\" alt=\"Warisha Soomro\" class=\"wp-image-27135\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nadia Mabrouk \/ Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nadia-mabrouk-180914a-009.jpg\" alt=\"Nadia Mabrouk\" class=\"wp-image-27136\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warisha Soomro \/ Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two energetic University of Washington Bothell student leaders who attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/under30summit\/2018\/#3dd7886353d3\">Forbes Under 30 Summit<\/a> in Boston returned even more confident to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas. 足彩app哪个是正规的y also have new connections in their networks to move their ambitions forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadia Mabrouk and Warisha Soomro were among five UW Bothell students selected in the scholars program for free admission to the conference that was held Oct. 1-4. 足彩app哪个是正规的 admission was a $5,000 ticket. Mabrouk, a senior in Accounting, also received funding for travel and other expenses from the <a href=\"\/business\">School of Business<\/a>; and Soomro, a junior in Interactive Media Design, received funding from the <a href=\"\/stem\">School of Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabrouk is director of internal affairs for the Associated 足彩app哪个是正规的s of the University of Washington Bothell (ASUWB), and Soomro is director of student advocacy for the ASUWB. 足彩app哪个是正规的 other students selected as Forbes scholars also are ASUWB leaders: John Kim, Ariana Navarro and Leah Shin, but they could not attend the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 1,000 college students from across the country attended the annual summit that brings together investors, entrepreneurs, celebrities and leaders in multiple fields for networking, talks and workshops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的re were thousands of people there, said Mabrouk, \u201cand every last single one of them either had their own business or was creating it. 足彩app哪个是正规的y were all just very driven people, so it was really hard not to be inspired by all of that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabrouk was inspired to start work now on an app that would help people exchange contact information. She had thought it was an idea she couldn\u2019t pursue until after she graduated and had a job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Everyone I talked to said there\u2019s no point in waiting to achieve your dream, you should just go out and get it,\u201d Mabrouk said. \u201cIt made me realize that there is so much opportunity for growth in the UW Bothell campus in terms of entrepreneurship.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabrouk wants to show students at UW Bothell who have a dream that \u201centrepreneurship is how it happens.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soomro picked up suggestions to advance her idea for a virtual reality interface that aid organizations could use to encourage donations. By showing people living in poverty, the interface would encourage others to empathize, Soomro said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important parts of the conference for Soomro was hearing insights and perspectives offered by women who are successful in business. Both Soomro and Mabrouk say they are still in contact with many people they met \u2014 new contacts who are sharing their points of view and giving them the confidence to tackle risks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust by talking about what I love, I met the right people to move my own project forward,\u201d Soomro said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadia Mabrouk and  Warisha Soomro, two UW Bothell student leaders who attended the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston, returned even more confident to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,211,204],"tags":[282],"school":[417],"class_list":["post-14092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-honors-and-awards","category-students","tag-business","school-school-of-business"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":null,"link_2":null,"link_3":null,"link_4":null,"link_5":null},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":null,"button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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