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
- Aug. 22 Corporate Open House UW-Madison
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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)