Noted: What started out as a passion project for Erin Tenderholt as a sophomore business student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison soon became a business with Blexx Technology. Now in her senior year, Tenderholt is …
Profiles
UW-Madison spinoff Atrility’s device improves pediatric heart rhythm monitoring
The mother of invention visited Nicholas Von Bergen while he was caring for a newborn in the pediatric intensive care unit at American Family Children’s Hospital. Without the recent heart surgery, the infant faced a …
UW alum masterminding next generation data storage: A solution to the datapocalypse?
CATALOG, a Boston company co-founded by a recent UW–Madison Ph.D., is preparing to demonstrate the world’s fastest, densest DNA-based data-warehouse.
Business & Entrepreneurship Clinic Success Story: Share the Health
The Business & Entrepreneurship (B&E) Clinic likes to follow up with former clients to see how their business has done in the time since consultation has ended. Recently we were able to connect with the …
Getting to know D2P
Bringing your dream to market is hard work. Navigating resources shouldn’t be. An interview with Discovery to Product (D2P) director Andrew Richards about leading the redesigned D2P program at UW–Madison, which is working to build …
UW Alum featured in Forbes for Social Entrepreneurship
Read how Georges Clement, cofounder of the nonprofit JustFix.nyc, works as an advocate helping to empower New York City tenants.
Chemistry Professor Bob Hamers Featured on Nanovation Podcast
Bob Hamers is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and co-founder of Silatronix, a company that is commercializing a new electrolyte for Li ion batteries. Bob was recently featured on the Nanovation …
UW–Madison student and co-founder of Blexx featured on podcast
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: The Podcast” features Erin Tenderholt, founder of a Madison-based startup called Blexx. Tenderholt has created a new patent-pending technology in hopes of improving how people dispose of hypodermic needles. “This …
UW-Madison startup lets businesses ‘chat’ with their data
Jignesh Patel, a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientist, wants to make understanding data like turning on lights in a house. You shouldn’t need an electrical engineer on hand for a bulb to illuminate after flipping …
Exploring Innovation at the Discovery Building
Right across West Johnson Street from Union South lies a building that, to many, around campus, is shrouded in mystery. Although the Discovery Building has plenty of windows and is designed for collaboration, community and …