{"id":20180,"date":"2026-09-04T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lubar-entrepreneurship-center\/?p=20180"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:44:41","slug":"uwm-startup-challenge-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lubar-entrepreneurship-center\/uwm-startup-challenge-fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM Startup Challenge Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\nvar gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),document.addEventListener(\"gform\/theme\/scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,themeScriptsLoaded:!1,isFormEditor:()=>\"function\"==typeof InitializeEditor,callIfLoaded:function(o){return!(!gform.domLoaded||!gform.scriptsLoaded||!gform.themeScriptsLoaded&&!gform.isFormEditor()||(gform.isFormEditor()&&console.warn(\"The use of gform.initializeOnLoaded() is deprecated in the form editor context and will be removed in Gravity Forms 3.1.\"),o(),0))},initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.callIfLoaded(o)||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",()=>{gform.scriptsLoaded=!0,gform.callIfLoaded(o)}),document.addEventListener(\"gform\/theme\/scripts_loaded\",()=>{gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0,gform.callIfLoaded(o)}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",()=>{gform.domLoaded=!0,gform.callIfLoaded(o)}))},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,r,e,t){gform.addHook(\"action\",o,r,e,t)},addFilter:function(o,r,e,t){gform.addHook(\"filter\",o,r,e,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook(\"action\",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook(\"filter\",o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,r){gform.removeHook(\"action\",o,r)},removeFilter:function(o,r,e){gform.removeHook(\"filter\",o,r,e)},addHook:function(o,r,e,t,n){null==gform.hooks[o][r]&&(gform.hooks[o][r]=[]);var d=gform.hooks[o][r];null==n&&(n=r+\"_\"+d.length),gform.hooks[o][r].push({tag:n,callable:e,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(r,o,e){var t;if(e=Array.prototype.slice.call(e,1),null!=gform.hooks[r][o]&&((o=gform.hooks[r][o]).sort(function(o,r){return o.priority-r.priority}),o.forEach(function(o){\"function\"!=typeof(t=o.callable)&&(t=window[t]),\"action\"==r?t.apply(null,e):e[0]=t.apply(null,e)})),\"filter\"==r)return e[0]},removeHook:function(o,r,t,n){var e;null!=gform.hooks[o][r]&&(e=(e=gform.hooks[o][r]).filter(function(o,r,e){return!!(null!=n&&n!=o.tag||null!=t&&t!=o.priority)}),gform.hooks[o][r]=e)}});\n<\/script>\n\n                <div class='gf_browser_gecko gform_wrapper gravity-theme gform-theme--no-framework' data-form-theme='gravity-theme' data-form-index='0' id='gform_wrapper_247' style='display:none'>\n                        <div class='gform_heading'>\n                            <h2 class=\"gform_title\">Startup Challenge Fall 2026: Discovering The Process<\/h2>\n                            <p class='gform_description'>The Startup Challenge is a place to challenge and surprise yourself by working through challenging ideas! Whether you are starting a business, impacting change, or creating a social movement, we want to give you the tools to work through your &#8220;BIG Problems!&#8221;\r\n\r\nBy applying, you are committing to showing up for yourself and your peers, attending every Booster sessions (once per month), engaging in our community via lunch hours, events and the UWM Innovators Expo, and enjoying the process while you do it!\r\n\r\nIf your team has multiple partners, each member should apply separately.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions about the application, please reach out to trammel4@uwm.edu. \r\nApplication Deadline October, 2nd 11:59pm<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='gform_required_legend'>&quot;<span class=\"gfield_required gfield_required_asterisk\">*<\/span>&quot; indicates required fields<\/p>\n                        <\/div><form method='post' enctype='multipart\/form-data'  id='gform_247'  action='\/lubar-entrepreneurship-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20180' data-formid='247' 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name='input_40' id='input_247_40' class='textarea large'  aria-describedby=\"gfield_description_247_40\"   aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\"   rows='10' cols='50'><\/textarea><\/div><\/div><div id=\"field_247_37\" class=\"gfield gfield--type-textarea gfield--input-type-textarea gfield--width-full gfield_contains_required field_sublabel_below gfield--no-description field_description_above field_validation_below gfield_visibility_visible\"  ><label class='gfield_label gform-field-label' for='input_247_37'><span class='gform-field-label__text'>What makes you a good candidate for the Startup Challenge?<\/span><span class=\"gfield_required\"><span class=\"gfield_required gfield_required_asterisk\">*<\/span><\/span><\/label><div class='ginput_container ginput_container_textarea'><textarea name='input_37' id='input_247_37' class='textarea large'     aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\"   rows='10' cols='50'><\/textarea><\/div><\/div><fieldset id=\"field_247_23\" 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