IEC News

Black-owned businesses access over $1.5M in new capital with support of RAMP-up

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Over the last year, RAMP-up supported six Black-owned businesses in the Central Area of Seattle and in South King County with their expansion or relocation projects. These include Earl’s Cuts & Styles, Catfish Corner, The Barbeque Pit, Original Philly’s, A 4 Apple Learning Center, and Anchor of Home Adult Family Home. With help from RAMP-up, these businesses accessed almost $1,500,000 in new and pending capital, mostly in the form of...
Nov 4, 2020

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SU IEC announces the accepted teams for the 2020-21 Jones Progress Awards

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Seattle University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center awards two SU Alumni Business each $10,000 in 2020-2021 Jones Progress Awards (JPA), made possible by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation. Now in its seventh year, the JPA supports graduating Seattle University students and recent alumni entrepreneurs by providing a solid infrastructure of mentoring, grant funds....
Oct 27, 2020

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Former HSBPC Winner Secures National Defense Budget

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The 2018 Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition Grand Prize Winner, Vita Inclinata Technologies has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to design and demonstrate a game-changing capability to enable fixed-wing precision air drop and retrieval. Read more in this article!
Oct 13, 2020

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IEC Director Steps Up as the City Leader for Founders Live Seattle

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In her role as the City Leader, Amelia Marckworth, the Interim Director of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University will...
Oct 6, 2020

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Welcoming the 2020-21 IEC Student Ambassadors

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Read more about the IEC Student Ambassador Program and the inaugural cohort!
Sep 26, 2020

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Contact

Peter Rowan

Lawrence K. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship

prowan@seattleu.edu

Amelia Marckworth

Director of Community

marckwor@seattleu.edu