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From bamboo to business
Uphill Designs’ products in action. It started with walking sticks. High-quality, handmade bamboo walking sticks for propelling hikers up mountains and through forests. Dan Sedlacek, founder of Uphill...
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MOD Pizza co-founders visit Foster
Scott and Ally Svenson present in Douglas Forum. Photo courtesy of Samantha Ogle. In the kickoff of the Straight Talk for Entrepreneurs speaker series, hosted by the Foster School’s Buerk Center for...
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Student innovations wow judges in Science & Technology Showcase
Co-hosted by the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and student club Science & Engineering Business Association (SEBA), the annual Science & Technology Showcase on Jan. 21, 2016,...
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PitchBook CEO lectures at Startup Resource Nights
John Gabbert, CEO of Pitchbook, addresses the crowd during his Resource Nights lecture. Foster School alumnus John Gabbert (’96) returned to the University of Washington on Jan. 21 to share his startup...
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Lavin program student named Entrepreneur of the Year
Jesse Sheldon, center, is presented his Spokane Valley Entrepreneur of the Year award by Central Valley School District Superintendent Ben Small and Katherine Morgan, CEO/President of the Spokane...
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$170K awarded to 2015 Jones + Foster Accelerator teams
Robert Moehle and Rahil Jain of Hook give their final pitches to committee members and other prominent members of the Seattle entrepreneurship community. Since 2010, the Jones + Foster Accelerator has...
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NSF I-Corps Site grant recipients named
In collaboration with UW CoMotion, the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship has accepted 18 teams into the new UW NSF I-Corps Site grant program. The accepted teams will each receive a...
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Health Innovation Challenge teams announced
The long-awaited Health Innovation Challenge is just around the corner, launching on March 3, 2016. A selection panel of more than 40 judges has narrowed down the initial applicant pool of 34 teams...
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$20,500 awarded to inaugural HIC winners
Teams and judges gather in Anthony’s Forum in Dempsey Hall during the inaugural Health Innovation Challenge. The long-awaited Health Innovation Challenge has finally hit the University of Washington...
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Eighth annual EIC teams chosen
The EIC 2015 banner outside of the Seattle Center. Founded in 2009, the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge has spent seven years tackling some of the most pressing environmental issues...
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Eighth annual EIC wraps up with a bang
It’s the eighth year of the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge and possibly the most eventful yet. With more than 150 judges present — ranging from local startup leaders to...
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Wells Fargo awards $450K to EIC
Wells Fargo has a long history of strong environmental commitment. With more LEED-certified square footage than any other financial institutions in the world and more than $52 billion deployed to...
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36 student startups head to the 2016 BPC
BPC 2015 grand prize winning team Vie Diagnostics pitches judges during the 2015 Investment Round. A powerful catalyst for turning student innovation into new ventures, the Buerk Center for...
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BPC teams head for the Sweet Sixteen
At the nineteenth annual UW Business Plan Competition (BPC) Investment Round, student innovations took center stage. This tradeshow-style round involved 335 judges listening to the 36 teams’ pitches...
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$85,000 awarded to students’ new ventures
May 26, 2016 – Like pig farmers, entrepreneurs — when handed pigs — should make bacon. That’s according to John Gabbert, CEO and founder of PitchBook and Foster School alumnus (’96), who got his...
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New Health Innovation Challenge launches
Emily Willard (left) and Katherine Brandenstein (right) of team Engage display the prototype for the SafeShot, a device to sterilize needles and prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens. Eighteen...
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Recruiting with a startup twist
The UW Startup Job Fair gets underway with tables labeled with 32 company names you’ve probably never heard of: FlyHomes, AnswerDash, Saltbox. But that’s the point – these are early-stage companies...
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Crustacean-shell plastic might save the planet
A member of the AgriC team displays their prototype of chitin-based plastic. Plastic made from crustacean shells sits atop a pan of dirt and growing plants. In front of the prototype display, four...
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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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