Entrepreneurship

The Amazon Catalyst program has awarded $177,735 in grants to 10 WSU teams comprised of students, faculty and staff across disciplines and locations.

Researchers develop scale to measure the quality, quantity and value of “imaginativeness” in new ventures.

Carson College of Business now registering for Entrepreneurship Skills and Knowledge Accelerator, which will begin in June.

“Dan is an amazing example of why every business owner should at least explore the option of online retail,” said Kerrie Hurd, SBA.

Students with the Washington SBDC market research intern program completed 165 reports, covering 93 different industries in 2017.

A keynote address by inventor and entrepreneur Edmund O. Schweitzer capped a daylong tribute to the partnership that has developed between WSU and the company he founded.

By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC

SEATTLE, Wash. – Whooshh Innovations, creator of the so-called Salmon Cannon, was highlighted at the America’s Small Business Development Center’s Client Showcase on Capitol Hill last week.

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies adds programs and services to better serve innovative students, faculty, and staff.

By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business

PULLMAN, Wash. – Aiming to fortify students’ skills needed to succeed in the annual Business Plan Competition and offer support to the local business and entrepreneurial community, the Washington State University Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will kick off a Resource Nights Speaker Series, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1.

The National Science Foundation developed the I-Corps program in 2011 to help move academic research to the marketplace. In 2016, NSF provided WSU with a three-year grant that also designates WSU I-Corps as one of 51 universities that are part of the NSF National Innovation Network.