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
Undergrad field trip to Seattle start-up
By guest blogger Dmitry Muzechuk, UW sophomore I joined the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program as a freshman (the program is geared for freshmen interested in entrepreneurship). I’m also a student... Read More
Foster alumni honored at 2009 Business Leadership Celebration
A social networking entrepreneur, a finance executive and a light doctor walked into a room. Why? Last night, the... Read More
UW entrepreneur networks
By guest blogger Zachary Okun (MBA 2010) I’m a 2nd year UW Foster School of Business Full-time MBA student. I say “full-time” loosely as I’m... Read More
Lacing together the business of NanoString
CIE proves the gateway to a winning business plan Amber Ratcliffe (MBA 2003)—Seattle entrepreneur—arrived at the Foster School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) with... Read More
Evening MBA student and entrepreneur perspective
By guest blogger Daniel Rossi, Evening MBA Class of 2010 Over the past two years, I’ve had the pleasure of immersing myself into many of... Read More
A summer fellowship well spent: taking Epo receptor testing to market
This past summer, CIE funded five Tech Commercialization Fellowships for graduate students in entrepreneurship. For 10 weeks each Fellow works with a University of Washington... Read More
UW CIE Named #7 in Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine Top 25 Graduate Entrepreneur Programs
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Foster Business School) was just ranked #7 in the 2009 Top 25 Graduate Programs in Entrepreneurship by the Princeton... Read More
It’s in the cards
Who doesn’t remember Topps baseball trading cards? The Foster School of Business has applied the same concept to its “all-star” faculty, “rookie” new hires, “skipper”... Read More