New grad leaves UWM with degree and startup company
Student Startup Challenge winner Alexis Nash hopes to help other people achieve economic independence with affordable temporary retail and event space.
Ideas Challenge
Student Startup Challenge winners include a smart shoe sole
Some of the winning ideas in this year’s UWM Student Startup Challenge include a campus classified ad service similar to Craig’s List; software that tracks patient physical rehabilitation; and a smart sole that indicates when it’s time to replace running shoes. The competition’s student and recent alumni winners will share $70,000 in support and services […]
11 student and alumni businesses started with help from UWM
When it comes to starting your own business, UWM is the place to do it. Students and alumni have launched 20 companies with support from the university, and Milwaukee philanthropists Sheldon and Marianne Lubar recently gave $10 million to support UWM’s Ideas Challenge, a network of entrepreneurial activities involving students and researchers.
Sheldon and Marianne Lubar donate $10 million to create entrepreneurship center at UWM
Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship will bring together, enhance and expand UWM’s strong array of entrepreneurial programs, classes and activities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as start-up and growing companies throughout the region.
Student entrepreneurs could change how athletes compete
The Student Startup Challenge provides funding and classroom support to help winners develop prototypes, mobile applications and business plans.
Turning student brainstorms into businesses
UWM’s Student Startup Challenge, a campuswide competition for students, puts the focus on the earliest entrepreneurial stage – a product idea.
Bringing out the entrepreneur in students
UW-Milwaukee helps budding entrepreneurs by offering competitive opportunities to obtain hard-to-come-by, early-stage financing.
Start me up!
The Student Startup Challenge is making it possible for UWM students to graduate not only with a degree, but also their own company.