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. …
Student startup completing 100 solar setups in rural Africa
NovoMoto, a startup from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is finishing its first 100 solar lighting installations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. NovoMoto LLC distributes the systems on a rent-to-own basis on a plateau about …
Contest highlights UW-Madison Computer Science students business ideas
Four computer-science business ideas win — one already has customers Four projects created by computer-science students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison won a total of $12,000 in prizes in the computer science department’s NEST competition …
Line-skipping business takes top honors at UW-Madison innovation competition
Selected from among 35 student teams and student-led start-up companies, LineLeap received the $15,000 Qualcomm grand prize in the 2018 Transcend Madison Innovation Competition, held April 4-5, 2018, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. LineLeap, …
Grant to Study Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Madison
Jon Eckhardt, executive director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship has received funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to study how to improve how university entrepreneurial ecosystems, like that at UW-Madison, can drive economic growth.
Zhenqiang “Jack” Ma’s quest for knowledge yields innovations, collaborations, success
Ma cites an impressive research infrastructure, excellent faculty and support for multidisciplinary collaborations as reasons he has been successful at UW-Madison. That is coupled with his desire for his innovations to benefit society, “If the knowledge I contribute can change the world, I will be satisfied.”
New outposts from Lands’ End, Oshkosh Corp. reveal closer corporate relationships with UW–Madison
Last spring, in one of his first moves after becoming CEO of Lands’ End in Dodgeville, Jerome Griffith met with UW–Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank to discuss ties to the university. Lands’ End CEO Jerome Griffith …
UW-Madison Student Startup Update – Fetch Rewards
Fetch Rewards, a company hatched by Wes Schroll while he was a UW–Madison undergraduate five years ago, is ramping up its introduction of a mobile app-based reward system for grocery buyers.
UW startup hits Paris to highlight their tech
The invention by Torq Labs tracks leg movement in runners using five sensors, with help from a smartphone app. Learn more about the tech and their continued connection to UW.
Radar adds technological twist to age-old cranberry counting process
UW–Madison engineers have invented a device that automates the process of counting cranberries on the bush and estimating the harvest. The sheer labor involved in counting cranberries the old-fashioned way prompted Ocean Spray’s Ben Tilberg to work with researchers in the electrical and computer engineering department to pursue a more efficient, technologically advanced method.