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Congrats to PolyDrop, Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Environmental Innovation Challenge!
Twenty student teams from Washington pitched their innovations at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge yesterday afternoon, addressing today’s energy, urban agriculture, recycling, built environment and water-related problems with novel solutions. Now in its fifth year, the EIC focuses on the development of prototypes that solve today’s biggest environmental problems and have market potential. Congratulations to the 2013 winners! $10,000 Grand Prize (sponsored by the UW… View More
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Gearing up for next week’s 2013 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
Once a year, students from UW and other Washington and Oregon colleges come together to offer up their creative solutions to some of our most pressing environmental problems at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge, hosted by the UW Foster School of Business. Each team of students have been working this past year to define an environmental problem, design and develop a solution, and produce a… View More
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Join us on March 26 for a conversation with 8 leading start-up service providers
Every successful start-up needs competent service providers—from legal counsel and accounting to insurance and real estate professionals. Join us to learn about the types of services available to fledgling companies. Eight of the region’s top services providers, who specialize in working with start-ups, will come together for a conversation about often overlooked or misunderstood aspects of forming your company. Vice Provost for Commercialization Linden Rhoads… View More
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March 7: A Networking Event for UW Life Sciences Researchers and Regional Entreprenuers
This C4C event is a unique opportunity for UW researchers to mix and mingle with leading regional entrepreneurs, advisors, and VCs, as well as the commercialization specialists from C4C. Learn everything you want to know about UW commercialization programs and spinning out a company. Who knows, your conversations may spark new ideas, relationships, or a new UW start-up. As always, we’ll have our coveted SWAG,… View More
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JOIN US for Bonnie Ramsey’s March 28 lecture, ”The Role of Therapeutics Development in Academia”
Presenting the next in our series of Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows lectures: “The Role of Therapeutics Development in Academia – Examining the Cystic Fibrosis Research Community as a Model of Success,” Professor Bonnie Ramsey will share lessons learned from shepherding two Cystic Fibrosis drugs successfully through FDA approval — TOBI and Kalydeco. WHEN: March 28 | 3:00 to 5:00 pm WHERE: Foege Auditorium (S-060), Foege… View More
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UW Hosts Data Conference for Non-Profits
2-Day Conference Focuses on Managing and Using Data More Effectively DRIVE (Data, Reporting, Insight, and Visualization Exchange) 2013, the only data conference specifically for non-profits, will take place February 20 and 21 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle. DRIVE 2013 brings together IT professionals, development officers, alumni relations professionals, and others to gain insight and share best practices around data use. While… View More
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Event, Sept 28: Northwest Energy Angels Leadership Breakfast
NORTHWEST ENERGY ANGELS – LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST Friday, Septembe 28, 2012 | 7:15am – 9:30am Bell Harbor International Conference Center | Bay Auditorium Hear Clean Edge Founder and Managing Director Ron Pernick discuss his new book, Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy, and how new financing and business models will be key to fulfilling the economic and environmental promise… View More
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Event Aug 16: Getting better at connecting with others
Learn how to more effectively share who you are and communicate what you want in this one hour seminar and hands-on workshop. You will learn: The secrets of personal branding, How to prepare for a networking event, Techniques for talking to strangers, The power of permission, And simple exercises you can do to become fearless when talking with strangers. Featuring: DF Hobbs, former brand strategist… View More
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EVENT Aug 30: Entrepreneur Rob Arnold Shares “the Roadmap from Innovation to Start-up”
Join us on Aug 30 for a talk on navigating the road to start-up. Sure, inspiration and hard work are essential ingredients of a successful start-up, but so is a proven roadmap for getting from point A to B. In C4C’s upcoming talk, Rob Arnold, former President and CEO of Geospiza, Inc. and current C4C entrepreneur-in-residence, walks us through the stages to transform your promising… View More
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June 9: C4C Presents Two Talks from Charles Valauskas on Mobile Devices & Medical Applications
C4C is fortunate to have Charles Valauskas (Valauskas Corder-Chicago) offer insights gathered from his work with national medical association, device and telecommunication manufacturers and venture capital/angel and institutional investors on these topics of direct relevance to the UW community and Seattle area entrepreneurs. DATE: July 9, 2012 LOCATION UW Center for Commercialization (C4C) 4th Floor, 4311 11th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105 REGISTRATION: No Fee… View More
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