MJ Horinek, innovation intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, helps check in students and mentors to the event. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Chancellor Mark Mone welcomes students and mentors to the event. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Nathaniel Stern, UWM associate professor of digital studio practice, encourages mentors to visit as many student teams as possible. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
The mixer kicked off with a giant game of rock, paper, scissors as an icebreaker. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Cheyenne McGlaston and her business partner, Michael Brown-Johnson, have their own tea company and brought their product for people to sample. McGlaston is a Startup Challenge alumna. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Amelia Coffaro, a community member with an adaptive yoga startup, works on her canvas. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
David Lubar participated as a mentor and sponsor, talking with various students. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
The brother-sister duo or Amin Phakhruddin and Aina Phakhruddin share their business strategy with a mentor. The name of their startup is Sympl. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Students and mentors give a round of applause to close the event and congratulate everyone's hard work. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
The annual Business Model Canvas mixer is an event that brings students together with local community entrepreneurs and mentors to collaborate, display and build business models in one co-working space using lean launch tools such as the business model canvas.
Peers and mentors gathered at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center for the event recently. Students and community members talked with mentors and business owners about their startup ideas.
