On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, we talk with Anne Smith, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of UW Law School’s Law & Entrepreneurship …
Profiles
Vigilant Eyes on COVID-19
Animal science alum Chris Salm has co-founded a testing service for organizations looking to continue safe operations during the coronavirus pandemic. In late March 2020, COVID-19 struck Wisconsin’s Brown County. The virus hit workers in …
Kattia Jimenez of Mount Horeb Hemp is out to grow opportunities
In this feature, local economy reporter Natalie Yahr gets “In Your Business” with local entrepreneurs, discovering how they got where they are and what’s driving them now. In 2017, as Wisconsin considered legalizing hemp farming …
Class Act | Entrepreneurial Spirit ‘Boosts’ Undergrad’s Prospects
When Kit Chow BSx’21 decided to study biological systems engineering at CALS, he knew he would get to do one of his favorite things — devising creative solutions for real-world problems. But he had no …
Fetch Rewards CEO on highs and lows as a startup, advantages of Wisconsin over the coasts (Video)
On the heels of raising $80 million in a Series C funding round, Wes Schroll, the founder and CEO of Madison-based app Fetch Rewards, talked with Wisconsin Inno in a virtual Bytes with the Beat …
Parthenon’s Yips Yogurt Chips reinvent Greek yogurt as a portable snack
For almost 50 years, Parthenon Gyros has been a Greek cuisine staple on State Street. It claims to be the first restaurant to bring Greece’s signature meat sandwich wrap to Wisconsin in 1972. Now, Parthenon …
The Future of Food
As society embraces maximum convenience, UW alumni are transforming the business of on-demand dining. In 2012, Doug Hamaker ’10 and Henry Aschauer ’10 opened Roast Public House with a fresh vision for the campus end …
Alum’s Startup Makes it Easier to Source Locally
It is tacit knowledge among Badgers that our state plays a critical role in food production and Wisconsin products are likely to be found in refrigerators across the country. Even those who have never set …
Starting Up While Staying In
Matt Burzec, a first year UW-Madison student living in the StartUp Learning Community, certainly knows how to make lemons out of lemonade—or at least how to build a thriving customized sneakers business in the face …
Reflecting on the First Year as Academic Director
Martin Ganco, the Robert Pricer Chair in Enterprise Development, has recently completed his first year as Academic Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. When asked what he enjoyed most about his first year in …