Tag: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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WiSys recognizes UW-Green Bay student’s innovation
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Press Release via WiSys, Monday August 3 Maria Arunkumar’s presentation for Build-a-Wedding, a business idea to help couples with the stressful aspects of planning a wedding, took second place in WiSys’ Student Research & Innovation Showcase in late July. The event—part of the WiSys SPARK Symposium Virtual Series—gave University of Wisconsin System students a chance…
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Applications are open for Children’s Business Fair, Sept. 19
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The third annual Children’s Business Fair is a free, virtual event on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and it is now open for applications! This annual business fair is an opportunity to empower children by encouraging them to launch their very own business. The learning leading up to the final…
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Spread the word, WiSys is looking for student innovators
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MADISON—WiSys invites UW System student researchers and innovators to present their research and innovations during a live virtual broadcast on July 22 at 4 p.m. Students from all academic disciplines can share their work, compete for cash prizes and engage in an interactive networking component led by UW campus leadership. Prizes include: First place: $750 Second…
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UW-Green Bay student pitches for talent at TechConnect
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UW-Green Bay student Maria Arunkumar (Business Administration) was one of four startup founders who recently pitched at the Greater Green Bay Chamber’s TechConnect event. But, she wasn’t pitching for cash or investor meetings. She was pitching for talent to help her work on her startup, Build-a-Wedding. The second TechConnect connected startup founders with developers and…
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Minocqua student who is headed to UW-Green Bay wins 2020 Wisconsin YES! youth business plan contest
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Ayla Mollen, a graduating senior at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua who will attend UW-Green Bay in the fall, is the first-place winner in Wisconsin YES!, a statewide youth business plan contest for students in middle and high school. Ayla’s company, Seninaturals, is dog treat line that provides neurological health benefits to dogs. She…
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All 10 UW-Green Bay Collegiate DECA competitors qualify for international competition
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All ten UW-Green Bay Collegiate DECA students who competed at the 2020 Midwest Case Study Competition qualified for the International Career Development Conference. To qualify, teams and individuals had to place in the top of their competition category. College students from nearly twenty Wisconsin and Iowa Collegiate DECA chapters competed at the Midwest Conference, and…
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Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament: Student business competition, presented by WiSys, goes virtual June 10
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UW System student entrepreneurs will compete for funding and recognition. Eight teams of student entrepreneurs (three from UW-Green Bay) will compete for cash prizes and recognition in the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament, presented by WiSys. The tournament brings together teams of university students from across the state to pitch innovative business ideas. The competition was…
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Art, Accounting and Business majors win first Business Model Contest
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A team of UW-Green Bay students with majors in Art, Accounting and Business Administration have won first place in UWGB’s first student business model contest. Emily Barnes (Accounting), Lydia Delikat-Mitchell (Art), and Brianna Pritzl (Business Administration) entered their business model for SoapShop, a retailer of high quality products, such as shampoos and conditioners, that use…
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Insight lists UW-Green Bay entrepreneurs in ‘Feel Good Friday’ post
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Check out item #3 from Insight publications’ “Feel Good Friday” #3 You can’t stop the spirit of entrepreneurship. A team of four business administration majors from the UW-Green Bay New Venture Acceleration studio accelerator class won the Business Idea Pitch Contest with their idea, “Caps Off.” The student team pitched a better way to recycle…