Announcing the Dempsey Startup Competition at the University of Washington
SEATTLE, WA (November 26, 2018) — The University of Washington’s annual Business Plan Competition has a new name: The Dempsey Startup Competition. The change comes as... Read More
Student Showcase Helps Cap Off Seattle Startup Week
No competition. No problem. The first-ever Student Startup Showcase from the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship drew rave reviews from those in attendance. On... Read More
2018 Team Formation Nights Feature Special Guests
“None of us were trying to be entrepreneurs, (but) we saw something that was making us upset and we felt like we could solve it.”... Read More
Creating Change: The Environmental Innovation Practicum
Environmental Innovation Practicum instructor Deb Hagen-Lukens taught Entrepreneurial Marketing for 10 years at UW following two decades of consulting, investing, and mentoring clean tech, consumer... Read More
Nine Startups Accepted Into 2018 Jones + Foster Accelerator
Nine early-stage startups looking to grow and thrive in the Seattle ecosystem were accepted into the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the University of Washington.... Read More
2018 Lavin Seed Fund Award Winner: Jessica Kent
The Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship proudly awards grants to Lavin Entrepreneurship Program students to help bolster their startup journey as they balance both school and... Read More
2018 Lavin Seed Fund Award Winner: Oliver Marczynski
The Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship proudly awards grants to Lavin Entrepreneurship Program students to help bolster their startup journey as they balance both school and... Read More
Big Finish to 2018 UW Business Plan Competition
Empowerment and perseverance defined the awards dinner of the 2018 University of Washington Business Plan Competition. A-Alpha Bio took home the $25,000 Herbert B. Jones... Read More
Innovation Smorgasbord: seen, heard and tasted at the UW Business Plan Competition
Amid the clamorous babel of feverish student pitching at the investment round of this year’s UW Business Plan Competition, one man was silent. Conspicuously, curiously,... Read More
Sweet 16 Advance in 2018 UW Business Plan Competition
Bees, bitcoins, and cold brew coffee were among the highlights from a wildly creative Investment Round of the University of Washington Business Plan Competition. Judges... Read More