There are two drafts coming to Green Bay this April. In addition to the 2025 NFL Draft being held at Lambeau Field from April 24-26, TitletownTech, the venture capital firm jointly backed by the Packers …
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Sharks in the Snow: Fin-tastic Finish Reeling in $150,000
Jake Piekarski’s entrepreneurial journey began when he sold curb address numbers door-to-door in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California. During the pandemic, he came upon the idea of Chore Hub, an online platform that connects …
Innovation can come from anywhere, Tech Council panelists say
As major companies in the state seek to advance and leverage new technologies, panelists at a Wisconsin Technology Council event stressed that innovation can come from anywhere. Speaking yesterday at the Tech Council luncheon in …
Governor’s Business Plan Contest continues to produce successful graduates
Winning prizes is one major reason people enter contests, and the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is no exception to that general rule. In fact, about $2.9 million in cash and other prizes have been …
UW-Madison biomedical engineers win Collegiate Inventors Competition
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Lauren Fitzsimmons and recent graduates Molly Paras (BSBME ’24) and Zach Spears (BSBME ’24) won first place in the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Alexandria, Virginia. The group’s “Nerve Ninja” earned …
Wisconsin Innovation Awards see 3 Dane County winners
Eight winners, including three from Dane County, were honored from a pool of 31 finalists and more than 200 nominees at the 2024 Wisconsin Innovation Awards, held Tuesday at Madison’s Memorial Union. The event celebrated …
Nerve Ninja: UW-Madison engineers devise tool to limit nerve damage in surgery
A patient should never come out of the operating room with more pain than they went in with. That’s the thinking behind a group of UW-Madison engineers whose invention aims to make surgical incisions easier …
MEB Alum Katy Jinkins Wins the 11th Annual Pressure Chamber Live Pitch Competition
Congratulations goes out to Katy Jinkins (MEB ’17 and UW alum) who won the 11th Annual Pressure Chamber Live Pitch Competition held as part of Forward Fest. Her company, SixLine Semiconductor, focuses on carbon nanotube …
Madison Chamber announces Pressure Chamber finalists
A company that screens the shape of infants’ heads, one that maps the local food system and another focused on carbon nanotube processing are among the six finalists in this year’s startup Pressure Chamber. Read …
WisBusiness: the Show with Dr. Daniel Cho, CranioSure
The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” features Dr. Daniel Cho of CranioSure, which won the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Dr. Cho describes the company’s craniosyntosis app and how the device may detect …