Do you want to work for yourself? For a small company that shares your values? Entrepreneurship is sustainability for your passion. “The UWM Start Up Challenge is an experiential program, where you learn entrepreneurial thinking - research, financial models, prototyping,... Read More
Hey UWM! Got an idea? Beginner and experienced pitchers are invited to share ideas and compete at this pitch competition co-sponsored with the UWM Black Student Cultural Center. The Panther Pitch consists of two levels: beginner level and experienced level.... Read More
The LEC has partnered with the Black Student Cultural Center to bring you October's second Diverse Ideas featuring Angelique Sharpe, the Director of the Villard Avenue Business Improvement District. Angelique is responsible for the revitalization, management and oversight of a... Read More
The LEC is excited to partner with the Roberto Hernández Center to bring UW System Regent Héctor Colón to the first Diverse Ideas of the Fall Semester! Héctor is the president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and... Read More
At the 2022 UWM Innovator's Expo, dozens of innovators around the campus will gather to display the projects they have been working on and the ideas they are creating. Prototypes, ideas, startups, student organizations, partners, classes, and innovations will all... Read More
Join the last Startup Challenge Booster session of the year that will be packed with connections to professional mentors, work time on your idea and learning about resources at UWM and Milwaukee. This meeting you will have an opportunity to... Read More
caffeination :: innovation :: inspiration:: Social Good Morning is a talk series hosted by our very own Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Social Innovation, Mark Fairbanks. LEC invites one local social innovator per month to have a short interview with Mark and then... Read More
Working on an idea but the financial part scares you? Join our next Startup Challenge Booster session which will make tackle the basics of money and business. We will start with a very basic understanding of business finances. You will... Read More
caffeination :: innovation :: inspiration:: Social Good Morning is a talk series hosted by our very own Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Social Innovation, Mark Fairbanks. LEC invites one local social innovator per month to have a short interview with Mark and then... Read More
In celebration of Women's History Month, join us for this intimate conversation with inspiring UWM alumni women leaders. Join three UWM women alumni that were recognized in Milwaukee Business Journal's 40 Under 40, Obiageli Nwabuzor, Ariam Kesete, and Marquayla Ellison,... Read More