Create a company, grow your future

The Studio combines the entrepreneurial challenge of a business plan competition with the product creativity of a hackathon. With your busy schedule in mind, the program is spread out over a week and includes only a few hours of required programming to maximize your flexibility.

Start by forming a three-person team. No team? No problem: register as an individual, and we will match you with team members who have complementary skills! Next, gain product, market intelligence, and company development skills through expert workshops with leaders from venture capital firms like Pioneer Square Labs, cutting-edge startups like Unscrambl, and distinguished faculty like Foster’s Emer Dooley. With this entrepreneurial toolkit, you will then have one week to design and present a basic business idea and prototype (no technical proficiency required). Top projects will have the opportunity to pitch before a distinguished judging panel, and all participants can network with startups at our mini-career fair. At the end of the program, you’ll walk away with a startup idea to build on – but more importantly, the skills to launch or continue along your entrepreneurial journey.