Quick: How do you say “firewall” or “database” in the variant of French spoken in Belgium? For employees of Epic, the Wisconsin health-care software giant that is building out its European beachhead, it’s necessary lingo. …
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Badger entrepreneurs in the news
Badger wins Wisconsin Tech Council statewide ‘elevator pitch’ competition Learn more about Blexx Technology, a company founded by 21-year-old UW-Madison student Erin Tenderholt, which won the top prizes at the Elevator Pitch Olympics. EatStreet …
EatStreet snaps up campus award for entrepreneurship
The founders of EatStreet, a national food ordering and delivery company, were honored Nov. 14 with the UW–Madison 2018 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. EatStreet is rooted in Madison, where in 2010 three UW–Madison undergraduates grew …
Welcoming Johnson Controls to Campus
We were pleased to welcome leadership from Johnson Controls (JCI) and their senior research and development executives who visited UW-Madison on Friday, November 9. Team members from Johnson Controls and UW Athletics pose for photos …
Addressing our biggest challenges — and mysteries — at the Wisconsin Science Festival
Among the hundreds of events offered around the state during the Wisconsin Science Festival, which runs Oct. 11 – 14, are four in-depth discussions in Madison on some of the most significant challenges science is …
UW-Madison startup releases app dedicated to “Live Undiscovered Music”
A UW–Madison startup called LÜM will launch an app designed to build support for unrecognized artists, at an event from 7:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday, August 17, at Monona Terrace. LÜM stands for “Live …
UW students solve local problems in summer Makerspace course
Walk by Union South and you might hear the faint buzz of power tools. It’s the hum of creativity in the UW Makerspace next door in Wendt Commons, where students design and build whatever they …
Entrepreneur Class project becomes career for graduating UW–Madison undergraduate
When Shawn Michels’ took the class Intro to Entrepreneurship, Jon Eckhardt, associate professor of management and human resources and executive director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, assigned a project to develop a new product. …