Surpassing goals and learning to fail are some of the keys to successful entrepreneurship in Milwaukee, according to a Young Professionals Week panel hosted by networking group Newaukee. County Executive Chris Abele, founder of the CSA Partners venture fund and Ward4 co-working space, was joined on the Entrepreneurship 101 panel by Digital Measures Founder and CEO … Continue reading “Panel Encourages Entrepreneurship Among Young Milwaukee Professionals”
Author: Molly Willms
The Commons’ Student Entrepreneurs Dive Into Startup Projects
Milwaukee’s latest startup accelerator is off and running. The Commons put 16 university student teams on a track toward launching a startup or solving a corporate challenge at its kickoff event, a 48-hour planning and mentoring session culminating in project pitches to a packed room in Walker’s Point. “I think that what I’m most excited … Continue reading “The Commons’ Student Entrepreneurs Dive Into Startup Projects”
Making It: Scenes From Milwaukee’s First-Ever Maker Faire
Variety was the word of the weekend at Milwaukee’s first Maker Faire, a gathering for craftspeople of all types and legions of the interested public. Hundreds of do-it-yourself enthusiasts—from soapmakers to robotics design teams, from clothiers to 3D printers—showed their wares to guests and fellow makers at State Fair Park over two days. Many of … Continue reading “Making It: Scenes From Milwaukee’s First-Ever Maker Faire”
Keeping Kids Safe and Beer Fresh at the Milwaukee Hardware Hackathon
There’s a word for people who can turn an air conditioner into a homebrew station, a cell phone vibration panel into a child safety device, and a coffee table into a beer fridge: hackers. Hardware hackers, to be specific, and 46 of them gathered this weekend to do that and more at the first-ever Milwaukee … Continue reading “Keeping Kids Safe and Beer Fresh at the Milwaukee Hardware Hackathon”