Student Opportunities
UW-Madison offers many entrepreneurship opportunities and resources for students.
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Competitions. An overview of three inter-related competitions open to UW-Madison students may be found here.
- Schoofs Competition & Tong Competition: prizes for inventiveness and prototype
- Burrill Competition: prize for a comeplling business plan
Want to change the world? Consider the Climate Leadership Challenge.
Interested but looking for a different kind of experience? Sharpen your imagination and creative vision with the 100 Hour Challenge.
Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp
In the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (WEB), students gain knowledge in three key areas: creating and assessing the viability of technology-based opportunities; building an organization with people and funding; and applying finance and accounting. The program exposes students to the many resources available in Madison and across campus. Students represent diverse fields, including: electrical engineering, organic chemistry, biology, law, and atmospheric and oceanic science. The bootcamp is led by the Wisconsin School of Business with support from campus partners, including: The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, INSITE, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Graduate School.
Photos from the 2008 week-long immersion program here.
Want to know more? Watch this short video.
Speaker Events and Other Opportunitie. INSITE produces several important speaker series throughout the year in partnership with several campus departments and centers that attract a mix of faculty and students. Please check out the INSITE RSS feed or join the mailing list to receive our announcements highlighting upcoming events that are free and open to the public!
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The Entrepreneurship Residential Learning Community (Sellery Hall)
This new undergraduate residence focuses on entrepreneurship.
The Students in Free Enterprise Student Incubator at University Square provides space to emergent student companies.
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Wiscontrepreneur
The new Wiscontrepreneur portal for UW-Madison provides information on campus and community events as well as UW System-wide entrepreneurship news and opportunities.