Entrepreneurship Fest Invites Students to Start Their Journey
One of the early lessons of the new Netflix documentary “Inside Bill’s Brain” is the power of positivity. Bill Gates’ mother says he was nicknamed... Read More
Inside the Accelerator: The Jones Foundation
Michael Bauer is a tall man with a wide, infectious smile, and a huge capacity for giving. As the senior member of the board of... Read More
Inside the Accelerator: The McAleer Early Start Fund
When you’re an early-stage startup, particularly a student one, one thing can make a difference between success and failure: runway. The earlier the startup, typically... Read More
Summer Fellowship Programs Offer Unrivaled Experience
Six graduate students at the University of Washington wanted a challenge. They received that and more in two Summer Fellowship programs offered by, or in... Read More
Seattle Strong Coffee Expands into West Coast Markets
A beverage startup created by University of Washington students hopes to make Seattle synonymous with a cooler kind of coffee. Seattle Strong Coffee announced it... Read More
Angel Investment Group Honors Former Buerk Center Director
A pioneering force for student entrepreneurship at the University of Washington grabbed a share of the spotlight at the 2019 Angel Capital Expo hosted by... Read More
Startups Welcomed into 2019 Jones + Foster Accelerator
Eight early-stage startups (detailed below) hope to take their venture to the next level in the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the UW Foster School’s Buerk... Read More
Amy Sallin Named Director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to officially introduce Amy Sallin as full-time director. Amy served as interim director during the 2018–2019 academic year... Read More
$80,000 Awarded to Student Ventures at 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition
A dream of preventing bridges from crumbling and harming people inspired the grand prize-winning team at the 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition. HRG Infrastructure Monitoring took... Read More
Tasty bites, sights and sites at the Dempsey Startup Competition
The investment round of this year’s Dempsey Startup Competition unfolded with its usual commotion of entrepreneurial hustle and hubbub, innovation and inspiration. A stroll through... Read More