Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge awards $37,500 to student innovators
“Alaska Airlines wants to get better and better at being a leader in environmental responsibility, so today we’re here to learn from you,” said Joe... Read More
Designed for this international internship
Guest post by Joyce Tang, Foster undergraduate student and Certificate of International Studies in Business student It’s never too early to start. That’s what I... Read More
Better batteries, recycled building materials, and smart diapers: Environmental Innovation Challenge 2015
How do you foster innovation to address pressing environmental issues? Get college students engaged! The Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington... Read More
$160,000 awarded to student-led startups
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s Jones + Foster Accelerator, now in its fifth year, helps student-led startups get off the ground. Companies accepted into this... Read More
Todd Fishman, Nathan Kaiser, and Katlin Jackson: marketing your startup
Startups are hard—identifying opportunity, developing a business plan, understanding legal issues, marketing your product. Luckily, you can learn a lot about navigating the startup world... Read More
Alaska Airlines takes the Environmental Innovation Challenge to new heights
If you’ve taken an Alaska Airlines flight recently, you may have noticed some changes on board—in-flight recycling, drinks served in InCycle Cups, 100% recycled paper... Read More
Terry Drayton and Adina Mangubat on business planning and risk
Buerk Center Resource Nights: Business Planning and Risk Startups are hard—identifying opportunity, developing a business plan, understanding legal issues, marketing your product. Luckily, you can... Read More
Chris DeVore and Matt Ehrlichman: “intro to entrepreneurship”
Startups are hard—identifying opportunity, developing a business plan, understanding legal issues, marketing your product. Luckily, you can learn a lot about navigating the startup world... Read More
Environmental Innovation Challenge receives $150,000 Wells Fargo Clean Technology and Innovation Grant
Seattle, WA—December 18, 2014 The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business has received a $150,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Clean... Read More
InTheWorks: minimizing motor emissions
“I didn’t really expect to start my own business,” says Todd Hansen, looking back to his time as an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University... Read More