Ten UW Oshkosh students competing virtually in the 8th annual Culver’s Business Model Competition University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Ten student entrepreneurs have been selected to compete virtually in the 2020 Culver’s
Business Model Competition - an annual event hosted by the Alta Resources Center for
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UW Oshkosh. Finalists submitted video business model
presentations that are currently being evaluated by a diverse panel of judges.
The student entrepreneurs are competing for $15,000 in cash and in-kind prizes:
1st Place: $3,000 Cash + $5,000 In-Kind Services
2nd Place: $1,500 Cash + $3,000 In-Kind Services
3rd Place: $500 Cash + $2,000 In-Kind Services
In addition, an audience favorite will be voted on by the public through the competition showcase page. The team with the most....
Winnow Fund partners with Concordia University Wisconsin to invest in student ideas Wisconsin Inno One of newest venture capital funds under the Badger Fund of Funds umbrella, the Madison-based Winnow Fund, is partnering with one of the Wisconsin's largest universities for potential investments into student startup ideas.
Through the partnership, Concordia University Wisconsin, which is located in Mequon, will become home to the fund's venture capitalist in residence office. The university's new Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center serves as an incubator space for student and community-led startups and will include space for....
Kohler presents the intelligent bathroom as a hub for wellbeing Wallpaper.com The people at Kohler want us to stop thinking of the bathroom as a chore-oriented part of the home and reimagine it instead as a sanctuary for self-care, a ‘hub for wellbeing’. ‘The bathroom is a space of privacy where you experience a renewal through your hygiene routine,’ says Erin Lilly, Kohler’s decorative design studio manager.
Exploring the profound impact that design can have on wellbeing, particularly in enabling healthy habits and clean environments, Kohler’s team of bathroom architects design touchless taps and intelligent toilets. Such innovations are...
Tom Still: Women are becoming a force in the Wisconsin investment world Wisconsin State Journal Richelle Martin has a simple goal in mind for how some people may view women like herself who are venture and angel capital investors: “I want it to not be weird anymore.”
Not that it’s actually “weird” for women to be early-stage investors, of course, but Martin’s point is that she hopes it reaches a stage that it’s no longer considered odd or unusual when a woman investor walks into a room, virtual or otherwise, to hash out a deal.
Martin, managing director of The Winnow Fund, joined two other investors from the state’s angel and venture capital community Dec. 2 for a conversation about the rise of women in early-stage investing. A big takeaway from the...
Aboard space station, astronauts grow fresh food with help from Madison scientists Wisconsin State Journal Astronauts on the International Space Station can get a taste of home with the help of produce cultivation systems developed by scientists working in Madison.
About 250 employees of the Nevada-based aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corp. work in the Madison area developing environmental systems that can support human life and grow fresh food in space as well as propulsion systems to get spacecraft to their destinations.
“We’re developing a huge core of talent for aerospace in Wisconsin,” vice president Thomas Crabb said. “This is all part of the growth of....
2021 NEW Manufacturing Alliance 11th Annual Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Vitality Index The Alliance's 11th Annual Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Vitality Index is released Tuesday, December 8th. The report offers insight into the status of financial health, business growth, expansion and plant modernization, workforce recruitment, and skills shortage of manufacturing in Northeast Wisconsin. See the full report below. |
