“I always knew that I wanted to have the ability to make a big impact wherever I worked” says Brandon Shields, who embodies the heart of entrepreneurship within the corporate world. With a solid foundation in business from WSB, a management rotational program at Dupont and experiences managing people at JP Morgan Chase, Brandon was posed with the question on how he could incorporate entrepreneurship and innovation into his everyday life. His answer and journey took a turn when he joined the Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) fellowship at the Wisconsin School of Business.
“I went through the end process of how you build a startup and I competed in case competitions. I realized the importance of developing an MVP, testing your strategy, testing your theory, interacting with potential customers to test and learn about your product and getting real life practical application. This prepared me nicely for the corporate world where I’m creating financial products.”
Read more here: https://business.wisc.edu/centers/weinert/blog/alumni-spotlight-brandon-shields/