The network effect
How a UW technology becomes a startup and its developer an entrepreneur, with a little help from a lot of friends around the Foster School... Read More
About the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
Student innovators have the potential to solve some of our world’s most pressing environmental crises. But in order to bring about change, these students need... Read More
Making shabu “chic”
Kien Ha describes himself as a risk-averse entrepreneur. And given that restaurants are notoriously risky start-ups, Ha went with a concept he knows well –... Read More
Accelerating first-time start-ups
The start-up process is messy and unpredictable. And student start-ups are certainly no exception. When teams that wow judges and win competitions move to the... Read More
Challenges drive environmental innovation
Why are “challenges” so crucial in driving innovation? We asked Connie Bourassa-Shaw, the director of UW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship about this, specifically in... Read More
What is The Lavin Program?
Interested in Entrepreneurship? The Lavin Program at the University of Washington Foster School of Business delivers a unique curriculum + hands-on learning for undergraduate students... Read More
Is it possible? Accelerating student start-ups
In Seattle, where start-ups are part of the local DNA, there are high-profile organizations that take early-stage companies with traction under their wings. The Alliance... Read More
Standing room only: celebrating “entrepreneurial speed”
Outside the sun set gloriously over Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains. Inside, even the sky couldn’t distract the entrepreneurs, student teams, judges, press and... Read More
Ben Huh: be weird, practice failure, thank the Internet
Guest post by Alex Diaz, vice president of UW American Marketing Association chapter “The best things in life are non-linear.” So said, Ben Huh, CEO of Cheezburger Network,... Read More
$68,000 for winners of UW Business Plan Competition 2012
The 2012 University of Washington Foster School of Business’ Business Plan Competition had a record amount of seed funding and record participation. Winning start-ups are... Read More