Shared Legacy: Choosing a Life of Entrepreneurship
The 30th anniversary of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship arrived in the same academic year as the 25th anniversary of the Dempsey Startup Competition (formerly... Read More
Shared Legacy: The Startup Course Changing Lives
In 30+ years of formal entrepreneurship programming in the Foster School, perhaps no two courses have impacted undergraduate students more than Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs... Read More
Shared Legacy: Insights From a Founding Board Member
In 1991-92, a group of individuals driven by a desire to empower students to solve real-world problems, and to innovate and lead the Seattle business... Read More
UW Entrepreneurship 2022 Rankings from Princeton Review
A focus on empowering student innovators at all levels earned the University of Washington high marks in both graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship offerings by the... Read More
Planting seeds of empathy: Emily Cox Pahnke receives Gamble Teaching Award for entrepreneurship curriculum
So much of entrepreneurship is finding a creative way to solve a problem for the greater good. Sometimes that’s solving small, everyday problems. Other times,... Read More
2021 Jones + Foster Accelerator Cohort Revealed
An incredible opportunity awaits the seven early-stage startups accepted into the 2021 cohort of the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the University of Washington. The... Read More
Commercialization Fellowship Seeks Product Market Fit
This summer marked a new kind of journey into the possibilities of technology for four University of Washington graduate students. Each were matched with an... Read More
Black Future Co-Op Fund, Bank of America and CBDC Launch New Partnership
On June 15, 2021, Foster’s Consulting and Business Development Center formalized one of the most important partnerships in our 26-year history. Through the visionary leadership... Read More
2021 Dempsey Startup Competition Prizes Awarded
When planning for an end, you’ve got to know where to start. Just ask the winners of the $25,000 Herbert B. Jones Foundation Grand Prize... Read More
Creative Destruction Lab Joins University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, Establishing CDL-Seattle
Focus on Computational Health Merges Strengths in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Biological and Biomedical Expertise to Launch Companies That Revolutionize Diagnostic and... Read More