EMBA alumus: Kevin Conroy
Executive MBA helps Seattle entrepreneur survive—and thrive Like many successful serial entrepreneurs, Kevin Conroy’s career has had big ups and big downs. He grew up... Read More
Emer Dooley TEDx video: entrepreneurship education – an oxymoron?
University of Washington Foster School of Business lecturer and alumna Emer Dooley (MBA 1992, PhD 2000) recently gave a TEDx lecture on entrepreneurship. Her topic?... Read More
The spirit of the game
Sara Jones, Assistant Director, Class of 2012 Last month I helped organize the launch of our 2nd annual TMMBA Ultimate team for the DiscNW Summer... Read More
Alumnus is Pirq-ing up the daily deals market
Maybe James Sun was never the hiring type. More of a job creator, the 1999 BA graduate of the University of Washington Foster School of... Read More
Making a difference
The Nutters, Lee and Darlene (UW BA alumni, 1967), have close ties to the Northwest and the University of Washington. Both graduated from the UW... Read More
Is entrepreneurship for you?
By Sara Jones, TMMBA Assistant Director & Class of 2012 Candidate We recently had a networking night for students and alumni of the TMMBA and... Read More
Kikking it
Golf champion-turned-entrepreneur James Lepp brings style and performance to the green Different. Believes saddles are for horses. Always scores better than it appears. Only replaces divots... Read More
Paul Smith
Alumnus invents revolutionary oil spill cleanup technology for $1 million X prize Let no one doubt the power of competition to spark innovation. Vying for... Read More
Video: Starbucks VP Ben Packard on social entrepreneurship
Starbucks VP of Global Responsibility Ben Packard (Foster MBA 1998) spoke at the 2012 University of Washington Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition award banquet, emphasizing the... Read More
Impel’s POD device helps drugs jump the blood-brain barrier
It sounds like science fiction: a device that delivers pharmaceutical drugs directly to the brain using something called “nose-to-brain” transport. But this is no sci-fi... Read More