Business & Entrepreneurship

Alumna Katie Ireland shapes the ways everyday products are manufactured, packaged and brought to a store near you.

Alumnus Deko Devins is on a mission to make solar power more widespread, affordable and accessible.

Chiara Munzi and Izzy Gorton met in a WashU entrepreneurship class and made their first batches of ChiChi hot chickpea cereal in the Skandalaris Center. Two years later, the brand is booming and the founders will be featured on the Amazon series “60 Day Hustle.”

Olin Business School’s Dennis Zhang says online platform design is improved by considering human decision-making alongside information algorithms.

WashU alumnae are founding companies with moms in mind, offering solutions for the raw, unfiltered realities of pregnancy and infant care.

New research by Hannah Birnbaum, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Olin Business School, suggests that when people view voting as a duty to others — rather than to themselves — they’re more likely to feel an obligation to vote.

Lamar Pierce, an Olin Business School expert on ethics, motivation and incentives in organizations, was installed as the Beverly and James Hance Professor of Organization and Strategy at Washington University.

A new program at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School is working with top charitable donors to help them achieve the biggest impact through their giving.

Paid leave and employee well-being are the focus of a three-part policy series on family-friendly business practices put together by the Brown School’s Clark-Fox Policy Institute. “Creating a family-friendly workplace benefits both employees and businesses,” said Gary Parker, institute director.

The Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship awarded more than $125,000 in funding to WashU startups at its spring awards ceremony.