Charles Hoslet, Managing Director

WAA Founder’s Day PresentationApril 23, 2008

Wiscontrepreneur and Other Entrepreneurship Activities at UW-

Madison

Charles Hoslet, Managing Director

Presentation to BizStarts MilwaukeeMay 21, 2009

Overview of Talk

• Role of OCR• Why the Buzz about Entrepreneurship• Creating Student Entrepreneurs• Creating and Growing New Ventures• State-wide Activity

The “Front Door” to UW resources for business and industry

• Recruitment of graduates• Professional development• Faculty and staff expertise• Technology licensing• Global competency• Support for entrepreneurs

Why all the Buzz about Entrepreneurship?

•U. S. entrepreneurs start more than 600,000 new businesses annually•Private sector business startups account for 3% of employment per year; without startups annual employment gains would be negative•Startups with 0-4 employees account for 20% of new jobs; larger startups (250-499) account for 1.3% of new jobs.•Startups remain robust even in recessions

• University communities are natural magnets for innovation and entrepreneurship

• 250+ companies formed based on UW technology/people

• Today’s students need a range of interdisciplinary skills that will give them maximum flexibility for the future

Why all the Buzz about Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison?

• Weinert Center for E-Ship• Initiative for Studies in

Transformational E-ship• Student Competitions:

– Schoofs Prize for Creativity– Tong Prototype Prize– Burrill Business Plan

Competition• Student organizations

Creating Student Entrepreneurs- Existing Programs -

Founders of Cascade AssetManagement

• Kauffman Foundation Grant• Improve access to and awareness of

Entrepreneurship• Impact across our traditional missions

– Teaching – Research – Outreach

• Expanded Curricula– E-ship in Business, Arts and

Nonprofits– E-ship in Society– Intro to Biomed E-ship

• Entrepreneurship Residential Learning Community

• Arts Entrepreneurship Initiative• Student Business Incubator• Wisconsin Entrepreneur’s

Bootcamp

Creating Student Entrepreneurs- New Programs -

1st ERLC Students

• Make your Passion Your Profession speakers series

• The Deli – Grab and Go Entrepreneurship

• The 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge: Entrepreneurship in Action

WPT Documentary

Creating Student Entrepreneurs- Experiential Learning -

• WARF – Startup Licensing Manager– New gap funding program

• WID/MIR Town Center - a hub for collaboration and business acceleration

• MERLIN Mentors• Entrepreneurial law clinic• New Business Startup Initiative• Technology Business

Development Institute• University Research Park

Creating and Growing New Ventures

• Partnership with BizStarts Milwaukee

• E-ship activities on other UW campuses through WiSys

• First Look Investor Forums• Kauffman Community

Internship Program - Social Entrepreneurship

• Intro to E-ship for Milwaukee HS youth

• UW System Entrepreneurship Summit

Statewide Activity

• Wiscontrepreneur web site: http://www.wiscontrepreneur.org

• OCR Entrepreneurs page: http://www.ocr.wisc.edu/entrepreneurs.html

For more information:

ocr.wisc.eduwiscontrepreneur.org

Office of Corporate RelationsUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON

Thank You!