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June 2026: Summerfest TechAI and how WI is becoming "Founder Forward"
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Startup Wisconsin is organized by Headway, a digital product agency based in Green Bay, WI. Powered by our state sponsors, Nicolet National Bank and gener8tor. Hey folks! Jacob Miller here. I'll actually be in MKE on Saturday June 6th for the Sit By Me - V3 Launch Party. So if you're attending, please come say hello, I'd love to meet you and hear what you're working on. New on the podcastEP 19 Support the ShowYou can subscribe, share the show with a friend, and talk about things that resonate with you on LinkedIn! Subscribe on YouTube Help us grow by leaving a rating or review If you've been enjoying the Startup Wisconsin Podcast, we'd love it if you left us a review on Apple Podcasts. It takes about 30 seconds and helps others discover the show. Bonus points if you tell us which episode or guest made you a regular listener. We'd love to know what's resonating. → Just scroll down on our show page, tap the stars, and hit "Write a review." Upcoming EventsFilter these events by city and topic on our events page and see what's coming up in April. June 2026 EventsJune Code & Coffee Sit By Me - V3 Launch Party Coffee Club | Green Bay (Hybrid) Random Testing with ‘Fuzz’: 35 Years of Finding Bugs 2026 New North Summit June Code + Brews Sip & Sync in Milwaukee Sip & Sync in Middleton A Seat at the Table: The Real Story of Board Service with Pat Setji Rooftop Social at The Urban Hub Startup Sprint KICback Social June - Ernesto Camacho, Startup Advisor Finding Your Flamingo: How to Position Your Startup to Stand Out and Scale with Eric Townley The Workshop Summerfest TechAI 2026 - Opening Night Summerfest TechAI 2026 - Day 1 2026 ELITE Tech Showcase and Golf Outing - Lake Geneva Healthcare Innovation Pitch kickoff Summerfest TechAI 2026 - Day 2 Summerfest TechAI 2026 - Day 3 July 2026 EventsFounder Field Test Sip & Sync in Kenosha The Founder Sales Trap with Jason Weaver, Halo Sip & Sync in Madison Startup Accelerator Programs & Pitch ContestsPitch ContestsPressure Chamber Whether your company is currently raising or planning to raise investment capital in the future, Pressure Chamber is a valuable platform to tell your story and make new connections across the country. ProgramsLaunch Wisconsin The goal of Launch Wisconsin is to showcase Wisconsin’s most investable early stage startups across consumer, deep tech, enterprise tech and health tech. In addition to cash and in-kind prizes, participants gain valuable coaching and exposure for their business. gBETA Frontier Technology Summer 2026 The gBETA Frontier Technology Accelerator is an early-stage program for high-growth startups with roots in Wisconsin, working in frontier technology sectors including advanced materials, AI, robotics, energy storage, and quantum computing Level Set by StartingBlock StartingBlock's Level Set program is an intense 6 week program designed to help you build and validate a business model. Offered 6x per year, we help you explore the pros and cons of different business models, model revenue and get real world feedback on your ideas. FOR-M 2025 Incubator by MKE Tech FOR-M is your first step to creating a tech startup company in Milwaukee. Solidify the startup idea that’s been bouncing around in your head and understand your next steps. This program is limited to 25 founders and will begin accepting folks immediately…so apply soon! gener8tor Madison Accelerator 2026 gener8tor Madison invests in six high-growth startups per cohort. This is an industry-agnostic and business model-agnostic program. We accept ALL types of startups across ALL industries and business models. Wisconsin Tech NewsHave questions? |
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Episode 19 now available! Ep 19 - Jon Eckhardt, Pyle Bascom Professor, Wisconsin School of Business Inside the Founder Forward Vision for UW-Madison Jon Eckhardt asked one question: what would Google do if it ran this university and wanted to produce more entrepreneurs? His team surveyed the entire student body. 20% had product or service ideas. They were in history, political science, women's studies, engineering, medicine. The university needed to create a better system to support them....
Startup Wisconsin is organized by Headway, a digital product agency based in Green Bay, WI. Powered by our state sponsors, Nicolet National Bank and gener8tor. I don't know about you, but May feels like it's already gone. Better late than never. Right? Here's what's been happening lately and what's coming up in June and the rest of May! New on the podcast Learn about Wisconsin's growing tech scene through stories of startups, founders, investors, and the incredible people making it happen....
Episode 18 now available! Ep 18 - Justin Byers, Founder and CEO, Axio BioPharma Fixing the Data Problem Slowing Down Life-Saving Drugs Justin Byers had to tell a founder, after 18 months and nearly $2 million, that their drug couldn't be manufactured at scale. The information was there the whole time. It was just trapped in the wrong systems in the wrong formats. That moment became Axio BioPharma. Justin is a scientist by training who spent years at Illumina and Fujifilm watching drug...