Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest.
April 7, 2023
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December 2, 2022
Meschke earns Entrepreneurship Development Professional Credential
Melissa Meschke, the Economic Development Outreach Manager for the Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship, has earned the designation of Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP) through the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
October 25, 2022
Milwaukee Small Business Owner Invited to Washington DC to meet with Vice President
Jesus Nañez and his wife Thaime Nañez, owners of Chucho’s Red Tacos and the Farmhouse Paint and Sip Studio in Milwaukee recently received a call that he never expected: an invitation to attend a small roundtable event and a reception with Vice President Kamala Harris in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
October 25, 2022
Solar Forma Design Installs First E-Cacia Solar Tree
Solar Forma Design, an Ideadvance Seed Fund awardee and SBDC at UW-Eau Claire client, is through the commercialization process and is officially bringing their product to market.
September 26, 2022
Equity in Entrepreneurship – Rural Focus
At least week’s International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Annual Conference in Oklahoma City, I had the honor of being asked to sit on a panel focused on Equity in Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development.
August 15, 2022
Economic development meets marketing: 3 tools to find your niche
Recently I was invited to speak at an International Economic Development Council (IEDC) online course about Marketing and Attraction in the Economic Development World.
June 14, 2022
Proud of the entrepreneurs on Season 6 of ‘Project Pitch It’
Season 6 of “Project Pitch It,” the television show presented by UW-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, aired this spring.
June 3, 2022
Rapid Radicals Technology wins grand prize at 2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Congratulations to Rapid Radicals Technology for winning the grand prize and the Advanced Manufacturing category at the 2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest! Thirteen teams — the Diligent (Baker’s) Dozen, representing innovative products and services in diverse sectors — competed in the final pitch round at the 19th annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference on June 1.
May 19, 2022
2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest: Check out 8 of the Diligent (Baker’s) Dozen
Thirteen businesses representing diverse tech-based sectors are competing at the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest! Learn a little more about the ones familiar to us.
April 18, 2022
2021 Wisconsin Your Economy Data Year in Review
UW System’s Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship‘s YourEconomy.