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Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

University student entrepreneurs pitch planet-protecting ideas in annual ‘Environmental Innovation Challenge’

by Lisa Stiffler on March 29, 2024April 4, 2024 at 9:05 am

University students from the Pacific Northwest on Thursday competed in the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge in Seattle, pitching their best ideas for potential startups that could help protect the… Read More

Insect food for pets: Univ. of Washington students developing sustainable dog treats

by Julie Emory on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 at 8:19 am

You may have heard of insect-based food for humans. Now the sustainable alternative is expanding to pets. Just Right Bite, a startup led by six women from the University of… Read More

Startups are back on campus: UW job fair brings out big crowd for internship and job opportunities

by Julie Emory on April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 at 8:54 pm

The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and CoMotion hosted the University of Washington Startup Career & Internship Fair this week for interested students seeking opportunities with up-and-coming startups. More than 20… Read More

New recycling process idea for plastic wins top prize at UW environmental competition

by Julie Emory on April 1, 2022April 2, 2022 at 11:44 am

The University of Washington Foster School Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship this week hosted its annual Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC). The finalists collectively received $45,000 in prizes for their… Read More

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Funeral planning idea wins $25k top prize at UW student startup competition

by Kurt Schlosser on May 28, 2021August 9, 2023 at 12:47 pm

A team of University of Washington students whose mission is to simplify planning and transactions related to burial plots, has won the $25,000 grand prize in the 2021 Dempsey Startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Buerk Center director resigns; UiPath taps Microsoft vet to lead new office; and more

by Clare McGrane on June 20, 2018June 21, 2018 at 11:11 am

Rob Adams, the director of the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, has resigned from that role, GeekWire has learned. His departure comes just a year after he took… Read More

UW names Rob Adams to replace Connie Bourassa-Shaw as head of Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 at 4:03 pm

Rob Adams, a Seattle angel investor, startup mentor, and the former acquisitions manager for Cisco, will replace Connie Bourassa-Shaw as Director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Those are big… Read More

Students pitch everything from non-toxic pesticides to fashion startups at collegiate entrepreneurial contest TigerLaunch

by Lisa Stiffler on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 at 10:53 am

A club at the University of Washington is ready to help launch the next big thing. Startup UW is a student-run entrepreneurship group that provides a support network and resources… Read More

Connie Bourassa-Shaw, ‘heart and soul’ of UW entrepreneurship program, to step down as director

by Taylor Soper on January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 at 1:09 pm

Connie Bourassa-Shaw, who spent nearly two decades helping the University of Washington grow its student entrepreneurial programs, is stepping down as director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship this June. Starting… Read More

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