2020 Dempsey Startup Competition Prizes Awarded
A son’s innovative, entrepreneurial mindset paired with his father’s expertise produced the grand prize winning idea at this year’s all-virtual Dempsey Startup Competition. Judges awarded... Read More
Across Borders, Leaders Give Insights on Careers Post Coronavirus
Earlier this month, business leaders based in the UK and US shared their insights with Foster MBA students on How to Best Approach Your Career... Read More
Student Spotlight: Inside the Husky AI Hackathon
Shobhit Gupta (MBA ’20) and Jessica Hatz (MBA ’21) of the Foster School of Business Technology Club authored the following guest blog. The pair, alongside... Read More
MS in Entrepreneurship Alumni and Faculty Discuss Starting a Business Amidst Economic Downturn
A discussion with alumni The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship program hosted its first online “Taste of Entrepreneurship” event on April 27, focusing on the... Read More
Sweet 16 Selected in All-Virtual Dempsey Startup Competition
Thirty student teams cast a spell over the judges at this year’s all-virtual Investment Round of the 2020 Dempsey Startup Competition. Each team performed digital... Read More
A Taste of Entrepreneurship: investing in yourself and creating your company in uncertain times
An event featuring a conversation with MS in Entrepreneurship Alumni Zachary Dodds and Keisha Credit, the progress of their startup, and insight from entrepreneurial leadership... Read More
Top 30 Teams Advance in All-Virtual Dempsey Startup Competition
Thirty student teams will showcase creativity, ingenuity, and business and digital savvy at this year’s all-virtual Investment Round of the Dempsey Startup Competition. The 23rd... Read More
Student Teams Engage in Virtual Environmental Innovation Challenge
Student teams redefined the term “showcase” at the all-virtual 2020 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC). The event, hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for... Read More
Joe Chocolate fans follow founders’ lead, send ‘bits of buzz’ to sustain exhausted healthcare workers
As the world began adapting to extreme new norms of social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Chocolate Co. owners Sam Tanner (BA 2016) and... Read More
Foster alum launches emergency market platform to move critical medical supplies and materials nationwide
Across the United States, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed an acute lack of preparedness for a fast-growing global pandemic, with critical medical supplies running dangerously... Read More