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The WashU Student Enterprise Program (StEP) provides a unique opportunity for students to own a business on campus, serving the university community while gaining real-world experience that supplements the business and entrepreneurial skills they acquire in the classroom. Each StEP

Meet Global Impact Award Finalist ALLUMIN8, a startup pioneering a new era of surgical implants with Therapeutic Hardware™. The company began from a deeply personal experience after Founder Alyssa Huffman (MBA ’21) witnessed multiple family members suffer devastating spinal fusion

Meet Global Impact Awards Finalist WattShift, a software startup working to optimize smart energy devices for grid incentive schemes. Founder Will Blanchard (EN ’18) began his entrepreneurial career while he was an engineering student at WashU; his first venture, CyberPowered

Meet Global Impact Award Finalist Lux & Nyx, a startup born from a deep desire to empower high-achieving women to bridge the gap between their identities and rise up as self-made individuals. Founder & Designer Lisa Hu (PMBA ’16) spent

Sixteen WashU student and recent alumni ventures have been selected as finalists in the Spring 2025 Skandalaris Venture Competition (SVC). On March 6, thirty-three semifinalists presented a their best two-minute pitch to a panel of judges during a closed session.