Tag Entrepreneurship
Popular Science cites Wisconsin inventor among nation’s best
Madison-area entrepreneur Ben Hobbins is among the nation's top 10 inventors featured in the June issue of Popular Science magazine. The magazine cites Hobbins, CEO of Lake Resources Group, for the novel fiber-reinforced soft-bait fishing lures he developed in collaboration with Tim Osswald, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of mechanical engineering. Read More
Notable graduates: Kavi Turnbull — MBA entrepreneur, winner of UW Green Venture Award
With an unshakeable passion for entrepreneurship, master of business administration student and CEO Kavi Turnbull will graduate this spring. Read More
Notable graduates: Ben Nyquist — Triple major brings eco-friendly electric bikes to campus
The road to college graduation was a bit greener for Ben Nyquist, co-founder of EnergE-Bikes. Read More
Notable graduates: Prince Moody — Football player starts fitness program for low-income kids
UW-Madison student-athlete Prince Moody will graduate this spring with a bachelor's in history and a plan to give back to the community. Read More
Canceled: Film documents African American experience on campus
A student-produced documentary film, "Like Touching A Hot Stove," which provides a window into student life for African Americans at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is set to premiere on Tuesday, May 12. Read More
UW-Madison engineering student picked for entrepreneurs’ program
Steven Skroch, a University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student in biomedical engineering, is one of five students nationwide chosen to help inaugurate an international program in entrepreneurship by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation. Read More
Meeting, deadline approach for Kauffman internship program
Students interested in the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Community Internship Program (KECIP), an innovative opportunity for students to become social entrepreneurs, are invited to attend an informational session on Wednesday, March 11. Read More
100-Hour Challenge winners represent campus creativity, ingenuity
Where else at the University of Wisconsin–Madison would someone find high fashion, conservation initiatives, die-hard partiers and fish in the same competition? Read More
Biotech pioneer presents ‘From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World’
Famed chemist, biotech pioneer and Harvard University professor George M. Whitesides will present "From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World" at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Read More
Winners of 100-Hour Challenge to be announced March 2
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Corporate Relations will announce the winners of this year's 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2, at Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive. Read More
Japanese public TV films Innovation Day inventors at UW–Madison
A film crew representing a Japanese public broadcast station will be on the College of Engineering campus on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27, to interview participants from Innovation Day, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual invention competition. Read More
Entrepreneurialism class of 130 participates in 100-Hour Challenge
This year's third annual 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge has caught the attention of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Entrepreneurialism in Society class. Read More
Experts discuss supporting young businesses at WARF’s Gilson Event
A panel of experts committed to providing guidance and services to entrepreneurs will share information on "Funding and Resources for Young Businesses" at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Gilson Discovery event on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. in the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue. Read More
Course builds community of biomedical entrepreneurs
A new multidisciplinary course at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing entrepreneurial graduate students to bring biomedical innovations to the patients who need them. Read More
iPhone sleep improvement application wins at innovation competition
A software application for the iPhone and the iPod touch that will help people sleep and wake up more effectively won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin–Madison invention competition that rewards innovative and marketable ideas. Read More
New Arts Venture Challenge awards student innovators
It's not every day that a judge is so torn between two competitors that he produces $500 out of his own pocket just so he won't have to choose. Read More
Third annual 100-Hour Challenge stimulates student entrepreneurship
In the past, enterprising University of Wisconsin–Madison students have repurposed surplus materials to construct, among other things, a space heater safety alarm, a home reservoir system, a hand-cranking portable power generator and an artistic, wall-mounted light fixture. Read More
Encouraging entrepreneurs: Undergraduate invention competition turns 15
In 1995, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering debuted the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, a competition that provides university undergraduates the tools and resources to develop an original, patentable invention or process. Read More
Contest to fund arts entrepreneurship
Faculty and staff are encouraged to alert students to a contest that funds entrepreneurship in art. The UW–Madison New Arts Venture Challenge seeks individuals or teams of up to three to develop and present a proposal that will result in an arts event, exhibition, series or project that demonstrates creativity, innovation, added value to the arts and potential for success. Read More
New program encourages students to become social entrepreneurs
Can one person change the world? The Kauffman Entrepreneurial Community Internship Program (KECIP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison allows both grads and undergrads an opportunity to utilize skills and knowledge gained in the classroom to become catalysts for social change -- and to get paid for doing it. Read More