Giant Campus is virtually everywhere
Pete Findley saw the writing on the wall. Or rather, the pixels on the screen. After spending a decade building Giant Campus from a scrappy... Read More
Brass Media: philanthropy before you’re wealthy
How’s this for brass? Bryan Sims has committed the majority of his future earnings to philanthropy—and he’s just 27. Ambitiously joining an A-list of multi-billionaires... Read More
Nanocel takes a novel approach to cooling electronics
There are big problems and then there are BIG problems. Cooling electronics, for example. How do you keep large server farms from overheating and how... Read More
NanoString: a big idea turns counting molecules into a thriving business
Amber Ratcliffe was close to graduating with her MBA in 2003 and had accepted a job offer at an established Seattle biotech firm when she... Read More
Athleon: the team that keeps on pitching
When Brent Lamphier and the Athleon team pitched at the Investment Round of the 2008 Business Plan Competition, there was a collective moment of surprise... Read More
Jeff Becker
Jeff’s early flair for business launches start-ups Jeff Becker (BA 2003) has come a long way since selling Laffy Taffy from his middle school locker... Read More
VholdR – market leader in HD wearable camcorders
When avid skiers Marc Barros and Jason Green were entrepreneurship undergraduates at the University of Washington, they tried to share videos of the thrills and... Read More
Uncovering real ppportunity at RealSelf.com
When Tom Seery graduated from the Foster School with his MBA in 2000, he went to Expedia, a Microsoft spin-out that was growing by leaps... Read More
Lacing together the business of NanoString
CIE proves the gateway to a winning business plan Amber Ratcliffe (MBA 2003)—Seattle entrepreneur—arrived at the Foster School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) with... Read More