GiftAMeal to compete in Austin against top startups from around the world. From GiftAMeal’s Blog GiftAMeal has been invited to participate in the 2019 Startup of the Year SXSW Competition. Startup of the Year is powered by Established, a consultancy focused on helping organizations w...
Stories from Silicon Valley: How to land a Job at a Startup with Doug Galen “What is your story?”, entrepreneur and Stanford University Lecturer Doug Galen rhetorically asks the crowd in the Skandalaris Center. There were mixed reactions from the listeners, who’s academic backgrounds varie...
Regavi, a student startup founded at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as one of the top 32 startups in the country by Student Startup Madness, a national startup pitch competition affiliated with the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW). Regavi, which launche...
While Thanksgiving weekend is for family, friends, and food on Thursday, don’t forget to support local St. Louis small businesses on Small Business Saturday, November 24th, 2018. Why Shop Small? While there are many reasons to support small businesses in your community, a new Small B...
On October 10th 2018, innovators and entrepreneurs from the WashU and St. Louis communities shared their business ideas with each other at our IdeaBounce® pitch event. IdeaBounce® is both an online platform and event for sharing ideas and making connections. It is an opportunity to share i...
Growing up in Topeka, Kansas, Atima Lui (BSBA ’12) felt that her dark skin tone never quite fit in with the standard of beauty in her community. She is now changing the way women of color see beauty and fashion. Taking her passion for black activism and female empowerment, Lui founded New York Ci...
In early 2018, The Simon Initiative was launched through a generous donation by alumnus Andrew Simon (LA63) and his wife Andrea. The initiative aims to bring women in entrepreneurship to the forefront of conversations in today’s startup world. Some of the goals include: To help women start and gr...
We’re about a month away from the final event for the Global Impact Award, our business plan competition that awards up to $50,000 to impactful, scalable, and sustainable Washington University in St. Louis ventures. As the final event inches closer, we’re excited to introduce the four finalist te...
In exactly one month, a new Global Impact Award recipient will be named. Finalist teams have been hard at work all summer as they prepare their deliverables for the final event. Over the next few weeks, we will be profiling each finalist team on the blog–sharing their best practices and sec...
We’re always impressed by the ideas brought forth by students at Washington University in St. Louis, and this semester’s Boeing Patent Challenge participants are no exception. Six teams participated in the Boeing Patent Challenge finals on April 25th, and four teams walked away with $...
