Biggest Year Yet for Dempsey Startup Competition
A surge in student innovation and entrepreneurship across the Pacific Northwest powered the opening round of the 2024 Dempsey Startup Competition to unseen heights. More... Read More
AI Wins Big at 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition
Students using artificial intelligence for good captured multiple prizes in the 26th Annual Dempsey Startup Competition at the University of Washington. Judges awarded the $25,000... Read More
Sweet 16 Chosen in 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition
The boardroom awaits the top 16 teams in the 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition. Judges chose the advancing teams and two alternates (detailed below) following a... Read More
TMMBA Student Hannah Thornton on Co-chairing 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition
Each year, students from across the Foster School participate in the Dempsey Startup Competition (Dempsey Startup), one of four flagship entrepreneurship competitions organized by Foster’s Buerk... Read More
Historic Start to 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition
A thirst for innovation and impact drove students to set a new high-water mark for the opening round of the Dempsey Startup Competition. More than... Read More
The Extracurricular Major: The Dempsey Startup Competition
Four students walk into the HUB Ballroom. One studies computer science and engineering. Two study bioengineering. The fourth is an informatics major. They smile, but... Read More
Historic Finish to 25th Dempsey Startup Competition
The Dempsey Startup Competition celebrated its 25th anniversary with surprise announcements and $90,000 in seed funding awarded to twelve student-created startups (detailed below). Surrounded by... Read More
Sweet 16 Chosen in 2022 Dempsey Startup Competition
An exciting finish lies ahead for the student teams in the 2022 Dempsey Startup Competition. Judges chose 16 of them and two alternates (detailed below)... Read More
CDL-Seattle supporting innovation in manufacturing with new startup stream
This summer, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is debuting a new stream out of its Seattle location, headquartered at the University of Washington Foster School of... Read More
MS Entrepreneurship students flood Dempsey Startup Competition with viable ventures
Students in the Foster School’s Master of Science in Entrepreneurship Program are proving to be masters of the student entrepreneurship competition. Eight of the 36... Read More