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UW Business Plan Competition makes new ventures a reality
JikoPower displays their $25,000 Herbert B. Jones Foundation grand prize with Herbert B. Jones Foundation representative Michael Bauer. Four student teams take their turns pitching to a panel of seven...
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Meet the student-led startups in the 2016 Jones + Foster Accelerator
Decaf Style is one of the student-led startups participating in this year’s Jones + Foster Accelerator Way back in 1983 the Harvard Business School succinctly defined entrepreneurship as “the pursuit...
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West Coast Research Symposium Straddles Line Between Stealth Mode Research...
The 14th Annual West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship attracted 87 doctoral students and faculty to the University of Washington. In between all the data-gathering and...
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Entrepreneur Fest aims to open doors for students
They say luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. If that’s the case, then the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship wants to make October your lucky month. University of Washington...
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Foster’s exciting new start-up: Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree
The Foster School of Business is happy to announce a new degree, pending approval from the UW Graduate School and Board of Regents. The 12-month Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree will...
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From Kenya to Kickstarter: JikoPower Charges Ahead
Ryan Ahearn took a deep breath, tasting the dusty, kerosene-saturated air of a Maasai village in Kenya, and watched his JikoPower generator charge a Samsung Galaxy phone miles from the nearest...
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Princeton Review ranks Foster in top 20 for entrepreneurship
Participants in the 2016 UW Business Plan Competition Foster School of Business entrepreneurship programs rank among the top in the country according to the Princeton Review/Entrepreneurship magazine....
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Seattle Growth Podcast Live: Episode 12
In a special live episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast, recorded October 17 at Impact Hub Seattle, host Jeff Shulman moderates a conversation among three local leaders on the effects of Seattle’s...
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Activists Challenge Panelists at Seattle Growth Podcast Live
Nearly 100 residents and activists attended the podcast taping The live taping of the Seattle Growth Podcast had all the ingredients necessary for drama. An audience full of residents and activists...
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Team Formation: A Place for Students to Test Ideas
A legendary writer famously shared his approach to life as “buy the ticket, take the ride.” What might surprise you is how common that feeling is with entrepreneurs and innovators. Time and time again,...
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Top 5 reasons why you should apply to Foster’s Master of Science in...
Prepare to launch! Foster’s new Master of Science in Entrepreneurship (MS in Entrepreneurship) program has officially been approved by the University of Washington. Starting on June 19 2017, MS in...
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How and why (some) accelerators expedite startup success
Ben Hallen Entrepreneurial accelerators play an increasing role in the launch of new businesses. But do they expedite the development and success of early stage startups? Do accelerators actually...
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From Sous Vide to The Masters of Moxie
Valerie Trask has a dilemma: every time she thinks she’s out, the startup world pulls her back in. Sansaire, Trasks’ recent venture, set a Kickstarter record of $823,003 in 2013 for its Sous Vide...
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Mason Bets on the Future of Mobile Product Deployment
On the north slope of Seattle’s Capitol Hill, overlooking the University of Washington, sits an ordinary home where extraordinary plans are underway. Jim Xiao, the CEO of Mason, wants to disrupt the...
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Kickstarter Success Leaves JikoPower Team Glowing
As the clock ticked down on JikoPower’s Kickstarter this November, company vice-president Marene Wiley found a moment to reflect on their journey. A few months prior, she’d traveled with company CEO...
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Foster Launches New 12-month Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
It’s a constant refrain in entrepreneurship classes: What’s the customer pain you’re trying to solve? “It’s not a random question,” says Connie Bourassa-Shaw, director of the Buerk Center for...
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Resource Night Recap: Competition Season Opens
Instructor John Zagula (founder, Ignition Capital) holds court in Shansby Auditorium The winter quarter kicked off with the foundations of entrepreneurship on display inside Shansby Auditorium. A group...
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Resource Night Recap: The ABCs of Vision
Each week you can read a recap of the previous session from the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s Amy Sallin. If you have questions about the lecture series, Buerk Center competitions like the BPC,...
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Panel of Experts: Market Framework and Customer Discovery
Panelists (from Left to Right): Terri Butler, manager of the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge, Valerie Carricaburu of VICIS, Mike Blue of Treadstone Healthcare, and Sandra Mumanachit, Foster MBA...
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Panel of Experts: Regulatory Requirements and Intellectual Property
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship created a series of expert panel discussions for winter quarter to offer additional guidance to student teams entering the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge...
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