Global change marketplace: how the GSEC Trade Show brings the world to UW
Over its nine year history, the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business has brought awareness of pressing... Read More
Disruption, power and weak ties: All in a Day of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Day of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which took place on April 26, 2013, offered an impressive array of speakers. The all-day conference was led by... Read More
Being contrarian and right
Guest post by Sean Murphy, Foster MBA 2014 He attended the Day of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which was organized by Ken Denman, Edward V. Fritzky... Read More
Ken Denman: One step ahead of the innovation curve
The current Edward V. Fritzky Chair in Leadership, Ken Denman (MBA 1986), talks about his passion for leading edge technology, adapting to business cultures abroad... Read More
Paradigm shifts and P4 Medicine
Dr. Leroy Hood, a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine, spoke at UW Foster School in January 2013 about innovation, complexity, P4... Read More
Hammering man: John White
Inventor of mammoth machines, reinvents himself in the Foster EMBA Program You could call John White (EMBA 2012) many things. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Scholar. Philanthropist. Restorer... Read More
Accelerating first-time start-ups
The start-up process is messy and unpredictable. And student start-ups are certainly no exception. When teams that wow judges and win competitions move to the... Read More
Alumnus is Pirq-ing up the daily deals market
Maybe James Sun was never the hiring type. More of a job creator, the 1999 BA graduate of the University of Washington Foster School of... 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
Kikking it
Golf champion-turned-entrepreneur James Lepp brings style and performance to the green Different. Believes saddles are for horses. Always scores better than it appears. Only replaces divots... Read More