Learning Session for the 2025 Spring NSF I-Corps Cohort

Virtual Event
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Transform Your STEM Discoveries into Impact Join us for a dynamic session designed to help you explore entrepreneurship and determine whether the NSF I-Corps™ program is the right fit for your goals. Hosted by the Technology Entrepreneurship Office …

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2025 Early Stage Symposium

1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin
@ 9:00 am - @ 5:00 pm

Calling all entrepreneurs! Applications are now being accepted for the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 2025 Early Stage Symposium, taking place Nov. 5-6 at the Monona Terrace in Madison. This year’s conference theme is “The spark starts …

Accelerate your Innovation with I-Corps Boost!

Virtual
@ 12:00 pm - @ 2:00 pm

I-Corps Boost is a free program that can accelerate your innovation’s journey to market! This intensive program will help you position your innovation for the next step, including qualifying for future funding, including SBIR/STTR, accelerators, …

Blueprint by The Engine™ F2025 Program

Virtual
@ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Blueprint by The Engine™ is designed to help graduate students, postdocs, researchers, and their teams explore the translational potential for their breakthrough research. Content sessions of the Blueprint program are facilitated online Fridays in September through October, concluding with the Blueprint Showcase in-person at The Engine HQ in Cambridge, MA. Apply by August 8th.

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Badger Startup Summit at Forward Fest 2025

Engineering Centers Building: 1550 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706
@ 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Event Website

Fuel your entrepreneurial spirit at the Badger Startup Summit—an energizing launch to Forward Fest hosted by 100 State and UW-Madison TEO that brings together innovators, founders, and big ideas from across Wisconsin’s startup ecosystem. Start your day with a …

Innovate to Impact: Fetch’s Defeat the Odds Pitch Competition

Application Due:

Have a research idea with startup potential?  Fetch is excited to host the Second Annual Defeat the Odds Pitch Competition, a national opportunity for student innovators to transform bold ideas into funded ventures by providing …

From Research to Action: Understanding Your Market Workshop

Business Library, Room 2210U (Inside the Business Learning Commons, 2nd Floor)
@ 5:00 pm - @ 7:00 pm

Join us for a free workshop to help you analyze market trends, uncover customer insights, and refine your business strategy. This hands-on training, led by the Marketing Leadership Institute and UW Business Library expert Peggy …

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Startup Insights from Y Combinator (YC) Partners

@ 5:00 pm

Two Y Combinator partners, Jared Friedman and Ankit Gupta, are coming to UW-Madison for an exclusive talk on startups. Both started YC companies at 22, raised over $200M, and are now YC partners. They'll be joined by Corey and Cam, founders of Vovana and UW-Madison class of '24 grads, who will share their rapid journey from undergrads to Silicon Valley startup founders.

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TEO Speaker Series: Navigating Success with Insights from Zack Howe

Engineering Centers Building, Room 1003 (Tong)
@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join our Speaker Series presentation featuring Zack Howe, CEO of Nyx Studios in Madison, WI. Zack will share valuable industry insights and the lessons he learned on his journey to startup success.