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
Most read blog posts of 2012
Competitions were king in 2012 when it comes to which blog posts were most popular. Other reoccurring themes in the top blog posts: entrepreneurship, social... Read More
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
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
A look inside the TMMBA Venture Capital Investment Competition
Sara Jones, TMMBA Assistant Director & Class of 2012 This past spring our graduating students wrapped up their TMMBA experience with a new course in... 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
$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
Top 5 tips for succeeding in a business plan competition
Guest post by Chris Rodde, CEO of SeniorHomes.com and 2012 UW Business Plan Competition judge In April of 2012, I participated as a judge in... Read More