A new lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is mobilizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem by working to identify the conditions that foster student entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurship Science Lab at UW–Madison, housed within the Wisconsin Institute for …
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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 …
UW startup DataChat democratizes data science
DataChat, the fourth tech startup from University of Wisconsin–Madison computer sciences professor Jignesh Patel, makes data science accessible to anyone. Founded in 2017, it has grown quickly to 20 employees and recently received $4 million …
Investment in Forward BIOLABS Paying Off for Bioscience Startups
Forward BIOLABS, a co-working life science lab that helps bioscience startups grow, is celebrating early successes and honoring the companies that support the organization. While business incubators are not uncommon, Forward BIOLABS boosts support by …
‘WisBusiness: The Podcast’ features Jeanine Burmania, WARF
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has seen the pandemic influence research happening on campus over the past year. “In support of that, we actually put together a challenge that we called our Accelerator COVID-19 Challenge …
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 …