Mark your calendar!
Meet the Employer! Upcoming On-Campus Company Information Sessions
Attend an on-campus (UW Seattle) session to learn more about the company
culture and available employment or internship opportunities. Open to all.
Most of these employers will be accepting resumes for on-campus interviews,
via HuskyJobs!
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Join us for the Business Plan Competition Resource Nights! If you’re interested in starting your own company or working at a start-up, this is an opportunity for you to learn about the business side. The resource nights are open to all students – you can just show up. More information is available on our website.
http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/cie/businessplancompetition/Pages/schedule.aspx
Marketing in a Competitive Environment with Sharelle Klaus, CEO of DRY Soda
Thursday, January 28 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
Who are your customers? What drives them to make a purchase? How do you segment the market? Acquire the tools you need to overcome marketing challenges commonly facing startups from a woman who understands the importance of marketing, and developing and managing your brand.
Thinking Through Your Financials with Alan Dishlip, CFO of Billing Revolution
Thursday, February 4 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
Wondering what’s with all the talk about hockey sticks? Come learn the fundamentals of putting together the financials for a business plan. Alan Dishlip will cover financial projections–what they are, how to create them, and how to avoid the common pitfalls that drive investors crazy–and he’ll give tips on how to raise capital.
Legal Issues for Start-Ups with Matthew Forkner of Fenwick & West
Thursday, February 11 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
What are the legal issues to consider in starting your own company? How do you divide equity, protect your IP or structure the company? Matthew Forkner, Fenwick &West, will walk you through the essentials.
Business Plan Competition Overview and Insights from Past Participants
Thursday, February 18 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
We’ll cover how the Competition works and what to expect. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn from those who have gone before you. We’ll have a panel discussion with past Business Plan Competition competitors, giving insider tips and advice for WINNING and getting the most out of your experience. Panelists are Brent Lamphier of Athleon, BA ’07 and Second Place winner of the 2008 BPC, and Daniel Rossi of Nanocel, EveMBA 2010 and winner of the 2009 BPC, and Ann Greeley, MBA 2002 and Second Place winner of the 2002 BPC. Moderator will be Jason Hahn, MBA 2010 and BPC Co-Chair.
Bootstrapping with Steve McCracken, CEO of CultureMob
Thursday, February 25 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
How are you going to finance your new venture? MOST companies are not appropriate for venture funding but instead are self-funded or bootstrapped. How can you start a venture on a shoestring? Come learn funding strategies for footing the bill (and keeping more of your equity!).
What Do Investors Look For? with Rebecca Lovell, Executive Director of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network
Thursday, March 4 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Sieg 134
Why should an investor put money into your company instead of someone else’s? What are the critical elements you need to have and what could kill the deal? This session walks the audience through potential sources of investment dollars as well as HOW to give a pitch in a compelling way. Will feature an investor pitch from the CEO of Findood, Jamen Shively.
Resource Nights are offered by the UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. These sessions are open to students and the public. To learn more about the Resource Nights or the Business Plan Competition, contact Sarah Massey at masses@uw.edu or 206.685.9868.
http://www.foster.washington.edu/cie
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Sarah Massey, Assistant Director
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington
P: 206.685.9868 | masses@uw.edu
Registration is still open for tomorrow evening’s (January 27) Mock Technical Interviews in the UW Career Center in Mary Gates Hall. The Mock Interviews provide CSE students the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one simulated interview with a representative from a local software company. Each interview will be 40 minutes long and will include ten minutes of employer feedback.
Any CSE major can register today for one of the five remaining interview times–all with amazon.com .
To register:
* Log in at www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/students/
* First time users will need to fill out a brief profile
* Upload a cover letter and resume into my documents
* Search for the positions
* shortcuts > Search All Listings (Jobs, Internships, Interviews)
* keyword, enter the word Mock and hit Search
* Click the underlined job title
* Read the description; submit your resume and cover letter
* Select an interview timeslot
Do you have what it takes to be a Ninja Coder?
Come find out!
Solve a series of coding puzzles using Java and C++. We’ll have a different puzzle every hour.
Wednesday, January 27th
Gates Auditorium
11am – 1:30PM
Solve coding puzzles and win prizes
Enter to win a Flip Video recorder.
Free pizza at 12PM
Are you a self-proclaimed Facebook junkie?
Know all there is to know about the University of Washington?
Do you know CS trivia like the back of your hand?
Join the Facebook team in the Paul Allen Center at 530p for a fun and interactive night of trivia. We’ll test your knowledge of Facebook, Washington and computer science facts. Awesome prizes will be given out to the team that scores the most following each round.
You don’t need to have a team formed as we’ll be putting teams together right before the event. However, if you have a team of 4 in mind, go ahead and make one up.
We are interested in computer scientists looking for full time and internship opportunities to join our engineering team.
Email your resume to washington@facebook.com or come see us at the CS Spring Career Fair on January 21 in the Allen Atrium from 130p – 430p.
Registration is now open for our Winter Mock Technical Interviews. This event will be held on Wednesday January 27 from 6:00 to 8:15 pm in the UW Career Center in Mary Gates Hall. The Mock Interviews provide CSE students the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one simulated interview with a representative from Amazon, Google, Microsoft or Adobe. Each interview will be 40 minutes long and will include ten minutes of employer feedback.
Due to limited space, CSE seniors only will be able to register on January 20 and January 21. CSE seniors and juniors only will be able to register on January 22 through January 25. If any slots remain all CSE undergraduates will be able to register on January 26. Each student can register for one interview only.
To register:
The Winter recruiting fair will take place on Thursday, January 21 from 1:30-4:30 pm in the Atrium. All CSE undergraduates interested in internships and full time positions can meet with representatives of 20 local companies. See http://www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates/meetings/recruit-co-0910-winter.html for the full list of companies.
A reminder that our Winter Resume Roundtable Workshop will be held today from 3:00 to 6:00 pm in the Atrium. Resume specialists from amazon.com, Microsoft, Google and Facebook will be on hand to help CSE undergraduates put together effective resumes. No rsvp is necessary. Just show up with a few copies of your resume between 3:00 and 5:30. See you there!
Madrona Venture Group Startup Speaker Series
Please join two of Seattle’s top startups to learn more about the technology powering their businesses.
WildTangent is the largest privately held and fastest growing online game network in the world.
AdReady is an advertising technology company focused on making online display advertising accessible and effective for advertisers of all sizes.
Tuesday, January 12th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Atrium in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
Food will be provided
Sponsored by:
Madrona Venture Group
Recent successful CSE alumni from amazon.com, Adobe and Google will return to campus to talk to CSE undergrads about their internship experiences. The panel will help CSE undergraduates learn how to secure internships and how to use those internships to land the full-time job of their dreams. Dawn Wiggin, our co-op guru from the UW College of Engineering will also be on hand to lend her expertise to all current and future CSE internship seekers.
Details:
Date: Thursday, January 14
Time: 3:30-4:30 pm
Place: EE 125
All CSE undergraduates are invited to attend. No rsvp required.
The panel discussion will be spurred directly by audience questions, so please have your questions ready.
We’ll look forward to seeing you next Thursday!