Venture Project ONE
Applying Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship:
Design Thinking, Prototyping, and Product Market Fit
Venture Projects are a fantastic way for students to drive right in to collaboration, connection, and the real-life exploration of opportunities. We are delighted to share and showcas student projects. Take a glance at what’s to come below, see if one peaks your interest and get connected with our program.
Conflict Resolution
You Review
We developed an app that provides a local up-to-date events page for WWU students and faculty. This app will also include ratings and reviews that are created “by students, for students”. Our Group: Adele Houston, Sean Norton, Marius Schmitt, Ella Schroth,...
Kollab-Social – Kaleb Hébert
A micro-social media mobile app built to help connect students with similar projects and interests.…
H & E Public Relations
For this venture Emilee and I came together to create H & E Public Relations. This is great entrepreneurial experience for the both of us because we are seniors in the public relations program here at Western. Together we want to help growing businesses within...
Seattle Children’s Hospital Gala
This November I had the pleasure of launching a one time Charity Gala benefiting Seattle Children’s Hospital with a really fantastic team. Colman Mitchell originally launched the project in Winter 2018, and I joined in Spring 2019. We were both...
Rogue Alchemist Cosmetics
Rogue Alchemist Cosmetics is an upcoming makeup brand that is launching with a flagship product line of custom foundations. This brand is currently in its early stages, but we are building our brand to be as inclusive and sustainable as possible. In an effort to...
Delivered & Done- Anna Priebe
Delivered & Done is a venture project to create care packages for families of college students to give their student while they’re away from home. My goal is to be more affordable, local, and customizable than my competitors. More information coming...
Roaring 20s Gala
Step back in time and enjoy a fun evening while supporting an incredible cause! We are bringing the glamour and excitement of the Roaring 20’s to our corner of the Northwest! The era will come to life through the timeless beauty of Bellingham’s iconic venue,...
Casey Gackle: SkimTrax Skimbaording Pools
SkimTrax is a service that is provided via skimboarding pools! A safer way to get exposed to a new board-sport. We do rentals, demos, and lessons with the main goal of increasing the popularity of a sport that is not very accessible. These pools change this, bringing...
Dakota White
Trip Jackson
Hello, my name is Trip Jackson! As an E6, and a senior at Western, I’m super excited to get out into the world and begin my changemaking journey. For my final quarter in the program, I’m working with Conor Moma in a joint startup hot sauce company...
Noora Monghate
Hello, my name is Noora and I am aspiring to be an orthodontist. All through middle school I had braces and I was amazed with the results. It really opened my mind to new opportunities. A couple years go by and I am a senior in high school job shadowing an...
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Venture Project Two Assignment
2019 Venture Projects Identifying and pursuing new and real opportunities. Through Evidence Based Entrepreneurship. Venture Projects Overview Read the Venture Project Two...
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Tricks for Treats
Tricks for Treats is a game that focuses on bringing people in the dorms together in an effort to create inclusivity. Our project started out late as we missed the first day, but we hit the ground running and created a game that will work in tandem with other events...
B’Hub
Block Ball
For Venture Project 1, we were tasked to create a physical game that promoted diversity and inclusiveness. We at Square^3 (Square-Cubed) decided that building a lawn-type game would work best for what we all have with our skills and creativity combined. Block Ball...
B’Hub
B’Hub is an interactive app that connects the community together through weekly challenges and events. The main map on the app shows all real-time events with the event name, date, time and age range. The weekly challenges is a game that the app users participate in every week. The user completes a challenge and gets virtual currency through the app which can be translated into real world prizes. B’Hub was created to give people a convenient way to see the events happening around town to get involved in as well as giving an incentive to go by earning points for prizes.…
Venture Project 1: Lickity Split
Venture project one (VP1) is always fast paced and exciting. We were given the task of creating a game that promotes and/or facilitates diversity and inclusion. Brainstorming from the beginning was focused on finding a group of people who were already focused on...
B’Hub
B’Hub is an interactive app that connects the community together through weekly challenges and events. The main map on the app shows all real-time events with the event name, date, time and age range. The weekly challenges is a game that the app users participate in every week. The user completes a challenge and gets virtual currency through the app which can be translated into real world prizes. B’Hub was created to give people a convenient way to see the events happening around town to get involved in as well as giving an incentive to go by earning points for prizes.
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Jono Warren: Handmade Products for Social Good.
Working toward win/win solutions between businesses and stakeholders. Hello, My name is Jono and I am passionate about creating a better world for all through empathy and creative problem solving. My studies have led me to learn about B Corps and the nonprofit auditor...
Go-Ham!
In our effort to build upon the theme of a culture of belonging we created Go-Ham! With Go-Ham we wanted to build a sense of belonging within Westerns community, starting at the roots with the Freshman class. We built Go-Ham with the purpose of connecting Freshmen...
Rewind & React: High School Edition
Rewind & React: High School Edition is a multiplayer choose-your-own-adventure game in which players will aim to achieve their character’s objective while making collaborative storyline decisions as a group.…
Spoon Assasins
For the first venture of fall quarter my group took on the challenge of creating a game that made a community. First we wanted to make just a physical board game of sorts, but then we decided to be more inclusive and we needed the game to be on a bigger scale....
Strange Connections is a self-driven series of challenge cards encouraging individuals to meet new people. Players draw a card at random from a deck, and each card lists a challenge to be completed with a stranger. Those challenges can range from “trade an item...
VP Rockstars
Tell you what’s so rad about inclusion and gaming! Check out our project! my project is...
B’Hub
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cm8vfhO0JnhZCs_s-qDSC4RzrAYTgHuA B’Hub is an interactive app that connects the community together through weekly challenges and events. The main map on the app shows all real-time events with the event name, date, time and age range....
Not 4 Solitaire
Bellingham is such a community-based place. We wanted this game to encourage people to go out within their community and get involved (hiking, events, or playing a game at a random location WITH someone they do not already know). This is a fun Bellingham game for...
Keep It Relevant
Despite the fact that there are many games that appeal to a wide range of people, there is not ONE game that everyone can relate to, has the knowledge for, feel comfortable playing, or want to play, or is not a drinking game. Keep It Relevant fills this gap...
Taste Of Culture
The Whatcom County community or even the Bellingham community is growing at a rapid rate and is becoming more diverse. Our community has many different cultures, religions and beliefs, and we believe that it is important to recognize and appreciate each and every one....
Jamie Henderson
My name is Jamie, and I’m excited to be working on fostering human connections and experiences to Western. I feel passionate about connecting with others and practicing face-to-face interactions, especially in an overwhelmingly digitized age. My teammate, Olivia...
Benjo Weimer
Hi everyone, my name is Benjo Weimer. I’m an E5 and my venture project is working to create a new Disability Studies Minor at WWU. WWU has one of the highest proportions of students with disabilities to it’s student body in the United States but still...
Soleia and Amy
Soleia and Amy are working together to build a group dedicated to encourage people to step out of there comfort zone and try new things while building meaningful lasting connections with others. …
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Welcome to Hempstics! Our team is driven and passionate in our goal of building a community of environmental action. Our purpose at Hempstics is to provide a hemp-based biodegradable plastic water bottle that limits our community’s environmental impact while allowing YOU to feel guilt-FREE about buying your on-the-go water bottle!
Our team includes Dakota White (E5) and Hugh Fogarty (E6), but we are excited to grow our team! If you would like to learn more about Hempstics or offer salient feedback, please Teams either Dakota or Hugh.…
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