Montlake Capital founder Artie Buerk donates $5.2M to UW entrepreneurship program

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Thanks to Arthur Buerk, the University of Washington entrepreneurship program is getting renamed and receiving a nice chunk of change in the process. Buerk, a 1958 UW grad and founder of Montlake Capital, today donated $5.2 million to the program now named the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Buerk also co-founded the center in 1991 and, along with… Read More…

Sixteen budding businesses to watch, from the UW Business Plan Competition

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Yesterday was my first exposure to the annual UW Business Plan Competition, held by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business — and it was great to be in the midst of all that entrepreneurial energy. I was one of nearly 280 judges who were given $1,000 in fictional money… Read More…