Recruiting with a startup twist
The UW Startup Job Fair gets underway with tables labeled with 32 company names you’ve probably never heard of: FlyHomes, AnswerDash, Saltbox. But that’s the... Read More
New Health Innovation Challenge launches
Eighteen teams of excited students clustered together in the University of Washington’s Dempsey Hall. The students put up posters and perfectly curated prototype displays as... Read More
Time for a career change?
Say you are a mid-career professional and find yourself looking for a new opportunity. You may no longer be a student at the Foster School of business, but... Read More
Amazon to Zulily
The Foster School’s comprehensive, innovative and personalized approach to career management catalyzes opportunities of a lifetime with some of the world’s best businesses “Don’t be... Read More
$85,000 awarded to students’ new ventures
May 26, 2016 – Like pig farmers, entrepreneurs — when handed pigs — should make bacon. That’s according to John Gabbert, CEO and founder of PitchBook... Read More
The sights and sounds of the UW Business Plan Competition
The investment round of the annual UW Business Plan Competition is, as ever, a feast for the senses. The HUB ballroom takes on the air... Read More
BPC teams head for the Sweet Sixteen
At the nineteenth annual UW Business Plan Competition (BPC) Investment Round, student innovations took center stage. This tradeshow-style round involved 335 judges listening to the... Read More
Business Certificate Program in Tri-Cities
Ashley Lake and her colleague, Jarrod Franson, are employees at Sun Pacific Energy in Kennewick, WA. Both attended Consulting & Business Development Center’s Business Certificate... Read More
Christina Lomasney, CEO of Modumetal, speaks at Leaders to Legends
“Look for your problem [to solve]. And once you find it, don’t ever let go.” That was Christina Lomasney’s advice to aspiring entrepreneurs at this... Read More
36 student startups head to the 2016 BPC
A powerful catalyst for turning student innovation into new ventures, the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s UW Business Plan Competition has selected the 36 teams competing for top... Read More