Business/entrepreneurship

Connecting agriculture to UW research-based information

Agriculture contributes nearly $60 billion annually to Wisconsin's economy and provides 350,000 jobs in both rural and urban communities. Read Story

Connecting entrepreneurs to effective resources

UW-Extension connects entrepreneurs to business counseling and education through the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC) and the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network (WEN). Read Story

AeroInnovate helps aviation businesses and related technologies

First conceived in 2007, AeroInnovate was founded by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network. If you're an entrepreneur, investor, innovator, industry leader or academic researcher in the aviation or aerospace industry, Read Story

Wisconsin college campuses start some of the state's best innovation, and the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) on UW campuses throughout the state help to bring that innovation to the marketplace. Read Story

AquaMost, Inc., of Madison and 32 other Wisconsin businesses reaped the networking leadership training and public relations benefits of the Companies to Watch program in 2011. Read Story

Washington came to Wisconsin through a national conference hosted by UW-Extension's Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) conference in Madison in April 2011. Read Story