What’s New
Fifth Annual 100-Hour Challenge
Calling all Wiscontrepreneurs! Throw on your thinking caps and mark your calendars; February 22–26, 2012 is your chance to showcase your entrepreneurial skills and compete for cash prizes in the Fifth Annual 100-Hour Challenge. Using repurposed materials from UW SWAP (Surplus with a Purpose), this competition challenges participants to create the most valuable, innovative, creative or socially beneficial product or service. With over 60 entries, almost 200 students from two- and four-year educational institutions around Wisconsin participated in last year’s Challenge. See more information on the 100-Hour Challenge and past winners, and stay tuned for an announcement about a new opportunity for participants this year!
Wiscontrepreneur Looks Back At Fourth Year
Take a look at the many accomplishments made during the fourth year of our Wiscontrepreneur initiative.
Entrepreneurship Resources
Entrepreneurship inventory database
Campus entrepreneurship decision guide (87K PDF)
Upcoming events
Entrepreneurs in the News
- Whiteboard Challenge winners announced
- Student Venture Seed Grant recipients named
- Need help starting or growing a business? Charles Hoslet takes us inside the Office of Corporate Relations at UW–Madison
- Start-up hopes to grow clean-tech niche
- DOE awards UW–Madison on spinoff $1.5 million for dual-fuel engine optimization
- UW professor puts the “mobile” in Internet
- New UW resource clinic helps entrepreneurs navigate the choppy seas of business — without drowning
- UW–Madison alumni sell ecommerce analytics company
- Innovation marks UW–Madison contribution to vitamins, drugs and medical supplies
- Chad Sorenson, Sologear, talks about developing his product, Flame Disk. (radio podcast)
- Claus Moberg and Matt Luedke, SnowShoeFood, talk about their emerging company. (radio podcast)