$40,000 awarded to world changing business ideas
“GSEC gets to the noble purpose of business.” – Dean James Jiambalvo Every year, the UW Foster School of Business holds the Global Social Entrepreneurship... Read More
Coffee, a start-up and Saudi Arabia
Coffee and start-ups might seem more Seattle than Saudi Arabia, but not to Lateefa Alwaalan (TMMBA 2011). Yatooq, founded by Alwaalan, makes it easier and... Read More
BPC bonanza
Guest post by Claire Koerner, co-founder of nomON and Foster School class of 2014 nomON is a randomized food delivery app. Claire and the rest... Read More
$68,220 awarded to UW Business Plan Competition winners
May 23, 2013 – Seattle’s Bell Harbor buzzed with energy as a record $68,220 in seed funding was awarded to winners of the 2013 UW... Read More
The “Sweet 16” compete for a sweet $25,000
Of the 91 student-led teams that submitted business plans to the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship‘s 2013 Business Plan Competition (BPC), only 16 remain. After an initial... 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
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
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
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