The federal government has set aside over $3.7 billion in programs such as as the Small Business Innovation Research grant program. That’s according to CTC Program Manager Todd Strother, who spoke yesterday at a meeting …
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Inside Entrepreneurship: Wisconsin School of Business Leads in Research and Startup Support
The burgeoning Midwestern city of Madison, Wisconsin, appears in headlines touting top tech hubs with increasing frequency. Over the past five years, rankings from Forbes, Inc., and the Brookings Institution, among others, have all placed …
Insulin injection invention by UW alumnus now on the market
University of Wisconsin alumnus Shawn Michels’ revolutionary injection invention is now on the market. Michels began developing the Steady Shot as an undergraduate at UW. Michels said Steady Shot is a plastic wing attachment for …
Tech Council offers a glimpse of first-round entries in the Governor’s Business Plan Competition
The 2020 version of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is under way and it has already provided a fascinating glimpse at Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial profile. The entry phase closed Jan. 31 with 200 entries spread …
StartUp’s Spring Focus is Social Entrepreneurship
by Sari Judge Every spring, residents of the StartUp Learning Community—a residence hall-based group of 64 self-selected first year students with a professed interest in entrepreneurship—can register to take our spring seminar, available only to …
Starting Up: New device offers Steady Shot of insulin for diabetics
Steady Shot is just a small piece of clear plastic, but when attached to an insulin injection pen, inventor Shawn Michels says it can make injections easier and even lead to more effective use of …
Innovation: Who benefits and who’s barred?
By Clare Becker In 1886, Shelbyville, Illinois resident Josephine Cochran noticed her dishes were getting chipped from constantly washing them by hand. Female patent holders were few and far between back then, but that didn’t …
Madison company’s surgery imaging device approved by FDA
A device developed by a Madison company to help surgeons better see tissue during operations has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. OnLume’s fluorescence guided surgery system, approved Jan. 31, features a customized …
Dianomi Therapeutics Receives Investment from Ligand Pharmaceuticals Based on Technology Developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Dianomi Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on osteoarthritis and pain with technology licensed from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), has established a partnership with and received …
UW spinout NovoMoto selected for “Project Pitch It” television program
NovoMoto installs solar-powered lighting devices for people living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, providing a clean energy alternative to kerosene lamps.