Stories indexed under: Entrepreneurship

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  • Entrepreneurialism class of 130 participates in 100-Hour Challenge Feb. 23, 2009 This year's third annual 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge has caught the attention of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Entrepreneurialism in Society class.
  • Experts discuss supporting young businesses at WARF’s Gilson Event Feb. 18, 2009 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.
  • Course builds community of biomedical entrepreneurs Feb. 16, 2009 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.
  • iPhone sleep improvement application wins at innovation competition Feb. 12, 2009 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.
  • New Arts Venture Challenge awards student innovators Feb. 10, 2009 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.
  • Third annual 100-Hour Challenge stimulates student entrepreneurship Feb. 3, 2009 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.
  • Encouraging entrepreneurs: Undergraduate invention competition turns 15 Feb. 2, 2009 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.
  • Contest to fund arts entrepreneurship Dec. 10, 2008 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.
  • New program encourages students to become social entrepreneurs Nov. 26, 2008 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.
  • Wiscontrepreneur scholarship winner profiles Nov. 19, 2008
  • Students rewarded for entrepreneurial instincts Nov. 19, 2008 What do a youth sport officiating agency, a club dedicated to microfinance, a student-run bus company, a Chinese economic forum, and a Silver eBay PowerSeller business have to do with entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?
  • Climate solutions worth $50,000 in prizes for students Nov. 19, 2008 Organizers of a new Climate Leadership Challenge at UW-Madison are seeking the best and brightest ideas from the student body to promote an environmentally sustainable future. They hope the contest will unleash a burst of youthful brainstorming and entrepreneurship across campus.
  • Many events part of Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 11, 2008 The Office of Corporate Relations (OCR) is a sponsor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international effort to inspire and encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice and to celebrate America's unique culture of inventiveness.
  • Powered Green logo Student entrepreneurs working to green the economy Nov. 4, 2008 While some students use college as a transition into the "real world," an increasing number of student entrepreneurs have asked themselves, "Why wait?"
  • MERLIN mentors to work magic with area entrepreneurs Oct. 24, 2008 Are you an entrepreneur in search of a mentor? Ready to commercialize a concept, process, or technology? Interested in taking your early stage business to the next level?
  • UW-Madison’s entrepreneurship program rated among nation’s best Sept. 11, 2008 The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has one of the nation's top programs in entrepreneurship, according to a survey just published in the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
  • Part of architectural floor plan New ‘urban research park’ offers jolt of electricity to Madison high-tech startups Aug. 4, 2008 After three decades of almost exponential commercial growth on Madison's west side, the University Research Park (URP) will pursue an opportunity to sink roots downtown with an innovative "urban research park" targeting high-technology entrepreneurs.
  • Undergraduate entrepreneurs create successful business in Madison Aug. 4, 2008 The new urban research park in downtown Madison will have great potential for budding student entrepreneurs. This story on Hardin Design and Development is one of a growing number of examples of students creating their own technology-based businesses.
  • Theory meets practice in second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp July 21, 2008 This week (July 20-25), the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (WEB) for graduate students in chemistry, biology, law and engineering, among others.
  • Notable graduates: Abdalla Saad — On the cusp of new biotech startup May 13, 2008 Many scientists are content to spend their entire careers in the laboratory, chasing new insights into the way the world works. Not Saad. Though he admires the scientists he works with as a research specialist in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Saad has dreams of launching a biotechnology company some day.