


Distinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch Program: Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith, Founder and Managing Partner of the Sarah Smith Fund Join the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship to hear Sarah Smith tell her story of how she went from a career as an elementary music teacher to founder and managing partner of her own venture fund. She...
Distinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch Program: Judy McNeal
Judy McNeal, Owner of QB’s Magnetic Creations Join the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship to meet Judy McNeal, a small business owner and avid community volunteer, who created QB’s Magnetic Creations to give honor to her mom. If you have ever been stuck wearing a...
PartnerUp!
If you are a UW student who has a startup idea and would like to meet some potential teammates or are interested in potentially joining a startup team, this session is for you! Enjoy hearing about cool student startup ideas and connect with other entrepreneurial-minded individuals. Get your business idea off to a great start and form a team to compete in Transcend, 100 Hour Challenge, CS NEST, Arts Business Competition.

Distinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch Program: Birk Cooper
Birk Cooper, Chief Marketing Officer of Fetch Join the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship to meet Birk Cooper who joined Fetch in 2014 and leads their marketing efforts with a heavy focus on user insights, product planning and execution, promotion, and both shopper...Transcend Madison Innovation Competition 2023
The 2023 Transcend Madison Competition will be held on April 13th and 14th at the Discovery Building. Signups open now until March 10th 2023. Transcend Madison, created by Transcend UW, is the campus’s first-ever student-led innovation competition. Each year we...
Lunch with a Founder – Featuring Dan White
Join us for our March Lunch with a Founder featuring Dan White, CEO and Co-Founder of Filament Games! These part educational, part networking events are the perfect way to meet other founders in the region, learn from other people’s entrepreneurial journeys, and...
Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Idea to Startup Investors and Experts
StartingBlock Madison is proud to promote The Founder Institute events such as the following to the Madison start-up community. Do you have a startup, or a strong idea for a startup? Could you use blunt, honest feedback on your startup ideas? On this live and...
Frozen Night Out
StartingBlock Madison is proud to promote Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce events such as the following to the Madison start-up community. Celebrate the year-round beauty of Greater Madison with a “Frozen Night Out” on Thursday, Feb. 2! The Chamber is partnering...
Lunch(UP)date with Gloria Reyes
StartingBlock Madison is proud to promote Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce events such as the following to the Madison start-up community. Join us for Lunch(UP)date, the Chamber program where you can take a break and enjoy lunch while staying curious, connected...Lunch(UP)date with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
StartingBlock Madison is proud to promote Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce events such as the following to the Madison start-up community. Join us for Lunch(UP)date, the Chamber program where you can take a break and enjoy lunch while staying curious, connected...
Meet the SBM Member: Linda Syth
StartingBlock’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Heather Wentler, sits down with Linda Syth, co-founder of The Layered Onion.