Upcoming events
Student Business Incubator Information Session
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 5 p.m.
TIGH, Grainger Hall
Get answers to questions at this information session about the new Student Business Incubator that will be located in the Student Activity Center in U-Square. Visit http://www.uwsife.org or http://www.asm.wisc.edu and search for "Incubator" for more details. Contact: 920-838-2882, StudentBusinessIncubator@gmail.com.
UW Entrepreneurship Association Guest Speaker: Cliff McDonald
Owner of Brocach Irish Pub
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 7 p.m.
7 W Main St, Madison, WI
Cost: UWEA is $25 per semester or $50 for the year
Come join the Entrepreneurship Association as we host the owner and founder of Brocach Irish Pub. The event will feature Cliff telling his entrepreneurial story followed by questions and answers. Contact: 608-556-3112, tevosseller@wisc.edu.
Building a Business Plan
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Learn about many ways to organize a plan for different purposes, including fundraising or managing a new venture. Learn how to structure a plan for maximum effect. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Exploring the Market Place
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Discover the frameworks and tools successful innovators use to approach the market with a new business idea. Learn about ways to go beyond Google when building rapid intelligence on competitors or wanting to know more about who will buy a product or service. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar
Public Attitudes Toward Science and Technology
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
1180 Grainger Hall
Dietram Scheufele, life sciences communications, leads this INSITE research seminar exploring public attitudes toward science and technology. Contact: 608-262-9041, jssurdyk@wisc.edu.
Choosing the Legal Form of a Business
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, 5 p.m.
How will you put together your business? Will that work for your investors? What about your advisory network? In this session, learn about the advantages and limitations of different organizational forms that need to be clearly addressed in a business plan. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
From Product to Production
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Learn about the role of product development in a new business venture and ways to avoid fatal production problems. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar
Intellectual Property
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
1180 Grainger Hall
Shubha Ghosh, Law School, leads this INSITE research seminar exploring intellectual property law, intellectual property as a business asset, competition policy, and comparative institutional analysis of law and business. Contact: 608-262-9041, jssurdyk@wisc.edu.
Beyond Patenting and Defending
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Discover how intellectual property can play a key role in a new company's strategy. Learn how firms combine patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets to achieve more sophisticated approaches to harvesting the value of their discoveries. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar
Industrial Organization and Agricultural Biotech
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
1180 Grainger Hall
Guanming Shi, agricultural and applied economics, leads this INSITE research seminar exploring industrial organization, intellectual property rights and agricultural biotechnology. Contact: 608-262-9041, jssurdyk@wisc.edu.
The Entrepreneurial Deli
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, 6 p.m.
Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center
Join this exciting, "grab and go" interactive "deli" featuring mini-presentations by several young entrepreneurs on topics important to fledgling entrepreneurs in a speed dating format. This event, free to all UW-Madison students, includes refreshments and door prizes. The Deli is presented by Madison MAGNET and cosponsored by the Office of Corporate Relations as part of the Wiscontrepreneur initiative. Contact: 608-263-2840, inquiries@ocr.wisc.edu.
Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar
Scientific Entrepreneurship
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
1180 Grainger Hall
David Audretsch, Indiana University, leads this INSITE Policy and Practice seminar exploring scientific entrepreneurship, economic development and policy. Contact: 608-262-9041, jssurdyk@wisc.edu.
Financial Projections
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Learn what is expected in a plan's financial statements and projections, and about methods for preparing credible statements, how people will review them and how they can be used as a management tool. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Financial Projections
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Discover what is expected in a plan's financial statements and projections. Learn about methods for preparing credible statements, how people will review them and learn how they can be used as a management tool. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Setting Up a Retailing Venture
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Learn techniques for approaching resellers and others to get a product placed in stores when you first move into a market. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
Approaching the Media
Learn the Tools and Techniques for Succeeding in the Burrill Business Plan Competition
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5 p.m.
Main Mini (Rm. 29), Sellery Hall
Learn to get a business or product advertised within Wisconsin and beyond using tools like a media kit. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.
G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition
Friday, April 17, 2009, 12 a.m.
The G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition offers students a chance to compete for cash prizes of $10,000, $7,000, $4,000 and $1,000. Hundreds of students have participated in the competition, and student presentation in Grainger Hall are open to the public. Winning ideas have included plans to market and sell products such as personal finance software, bindings for wake boards, and bio-genetic information. Several teams have gone on to form successful new business ventures. Contact: 608-262-9041, jsurdyk@bus.wisc.edu.