Artie Buerk: the networker’s effect
Catalyst of ventures and connector of people, Artie Buerk has financed the future of entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. It began with a gift.... Read More
$22,500 awarded to environmental/cleantech innovators
On April 4, twenty student teams from colleges and universities throughout the Pacific Northwest pitched their innovations at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge. Now in... Read More
The paradox of reduce-reuse-recycle
Guest post by Daniel Schwartz, Chair, UW Department of Chemical Engineering When I think Cleantech, my mind goes straight to the triangular logo on my... Read More
Zulily and Maveron: Building a successful company
Guest post by Emilia Griswold, Foster MBA 2014 Foster students were recently treated to a discussion of “What Makes a Successful Company” with Darrell Cavens,... Read More
GSEC through the eyes of a mentor
Guest post by Tom Jensen, co-founder of Enterprise Futures network who helped source mentors for GSEC 2013, and mentor to Grand Prize winning team Jorsey... Read More
More than $30,000 awarded to social entrepreneurship startups
Increasing protein-based food in Nigeria, promoting coffee in Rwanda, reducing indoor air pollution from cooking in Bangladesh, building a wheelchair out of bamboo—these are a... Read More
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship awards $170,000 to eight student-led start-ups
When Katlin Jackson returned from her second trip to Haiti in January 2012, she was a woman on a mission. After spending time in a... Read More
Foster announces $5.2 million naming gift for CIE
Guest post by Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Director of the Arthur W. Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington Foster School of Business You know... Read More
Alumni give more than $5 million for Foster School’s entrepreneurship program
The University of Washington announced today that the Michael G. Foster School of Business’ Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be named in recognition of... Read More
Entrepreneurial energy
Foster alum and faculty fellow Emer Dooley has a passion for pushing boundaries How does a North Pole marathon winner become one of TechFlash’s top... Read More