VholdR – market leader in HD wearable camcorders
When avid skiers Marc Barros and Jason Green were entrepreneurship undergraduates at the University of Washington, they tried to share videos of the thrills and... Read More
Many shades of green
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR The National Smart Growth Conference held in Seattle in early February featured a track on social... Read More
Turning green into $green: Market strategies for minority–owned businesses
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR Q: What is green and white all over? A: It’s the green economy! One of the... Read More
Hopeful signs from small business growth
As we all try to look ahead and see what the New Year has in store for this region’s economy there are some less visible... Read More
Uncovering real ppportunity at RealSelf.com
When Tom Seery graduated from the Foster School with his MBA in 2000, he went to Expedia, a Microsoft spin-out that was growing by leaps... Read More
The power of three: LaunchPad teams are fearless
“This partnership with CIE is absolutely unique,” said Jim Roberts, the business development officer for UW TechTransfer’s LaunchPad. “We create teams of three: an entrepreneurship... Read More
Center funds $35,000 in clean-tech prototype development
“We have funding available.” Those are four words that are bound to attract student attention. For the University of Washington’s Environmental Innovation Challenge, student teams... Read More
Symposium explores new research in technology entrepreneurship
Now in its seventh year, the West Coast Research Symposium and Doctoral Consortium in Technology Entrepreneurship draws faculty and doctoral students from around the globe... Read More
Samantha Rayner and Lumana Credit change lives in rural Ghana
As financial superheroes go, Samantha Rayner (BA 2009) is pretty mild-mannered. And Lumana Credit, the micro-lending organization she founded last year with Foster School classmates,... Read More
What is the green economy?
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR The increased demand for green products and services comes from more than the consumer sector. Federal... Read More