From November 7-11, 2024, UW-Madison’s StartUp Learning Community, in partnership with University Housing and the Wisconsin School of Business, hosted its annual 100-Hour Challenge, a beloved innovation event popular with undergraduate students. This fully virtual …
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Student Entrepreneur Profile: Adina Locketz
Jewelry is all about the details and no one knows better than Adina Locketz, a freshman at UW-Madison, who is majoring in Fine Arts with a concentration in Jewelry and Metal Art and pursuing a …
Entrepreneurs pare their pitches at the 2024 Elevator Pitch Olympics
A Madison-based technology company aimed at reducing the soaring burden of medical debt is the winner of the 2024 Elevator Pitch Olympics. My Coverage Plan, a subsidiary of the nonprofit public-interest law firm ABC for …
3D-printing breakthrough mitigates three defects simultaneously for failure-free metal parts
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion. Led by Lianyi Chen, an associate …
InsideWis: Early stage capital scene in Wisconsin benefiting from more players
There was a time not long ago when early stage investors in Wisconsin could meet in a studio apartment kitchen or a telephone booth (back when there were still telephone booths). Today, such a gathering …
InsideWis: Early stage capital scene in Wisconsin benefiting from more players
There was a time not long ago when early stage investors in Wisconsin could meet in a studio apartment kitchen or a telephone booth (back when there were still telephone booths). Today, such a gathering …
Near future could include ambient computing, pain medicine made from plants
In this episode, The Larry Miller Show talk about the pros and cons of ambient computing with Beth D’Angelo, a UW-Madison IT specialist. Then, UW-Madison researcher Steven Karlen explains his team’s new method of making …
Celebrating 25 Years of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship
While Friday the 13th might not be the date many organizations would choose to celebrate their 25th anniversary, September 13, 2024 turned out to be a VERY lucky one for the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. …
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase
The Wisconsin School of Business’ Plenary Room was the place to be on Wednesday, September 25th, when nearly 160 guests—students, faculty, staff and community members—gathered to gain entrepreneurial insights and inspiration from three distinguished UW-Madison …
Alumni Spotlight: Cassandra (Nissi) Madigan
“I think things like the Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development program are things you can take from and apply to any specialization or any type of business. Whether it’s one that you are starting on your …