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MONDAY
Milwaukee at 11:00 AM
A Startup's Guide to Content Marketing
Kiley Peters, Owner and CEO of Brainchild Studios, a digital content marketing and web creation agency, walks you through a step-by-step tactical approach to creating a content strategy for your business. Learn the basics of how to create a content marketing strategy for your business that speaks to your target audience, addresses their main concerns, adds value, reduces barrier to purchase and scales with your business! You don’t need a huge budget to make this work for you, we’re all about being scrappy!
Sales & MarketingMilwaukee at 11:30 AM
Co-Founders: How To Nurture Your Partnership and Yourself
Join performance coach Anna Oakes for an interactive workshop to reflect on the partnership between co-founders, establish agreements and sustain high performance. Come alone or with your co-founder or business partners. Special guests will join to share more about their journey as co-Founders.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 2:00 PM
Doyenne & Lady Laughs Comedy Media Lounge
The Doyenne & Lady Laugh Comedy Media Lounge is an exclusive experience for Festival attendees to connect with others, be part of a podcast audience, and hear the stories of fellow entrepreneurs and community builders.
After the Festival, sessions will be turned into podcast episodes to be released to the public and provided to festival leaders to be used for marketing materials.
Milwaukee at 4:00 PM
Introduction to E-Commerce Platforms
Looking to start a business online but not sure how to get started? An E-Commerce Platform such as Etsy or Shopify might be just what you need! Join library staff to explore what you need to be aware of before getting started, the ins and outs of selling online, and how best to choose the right site for your growing online business.
TechnologyMilwaukee at 5:00 PM
Fund Milwaukee Annual Meeting
Come celebrate another successful year of local investing and entrepreneurship with Fund Milwaukee! Join us at Velobahn Coffee & Cycle, Monday, November 11, 2019 from 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM to hear about the impact of the local investments, connect with local investors and entrepreneurs, and celebrate small business.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, someone who wants to invest more into the local startup ecosystem, or a longtime member of the Fund Milwaukee community, you are invited to attend the 2019 Annual Meeting. Hear from entrepreneurs, Fund Milwaukee investors, and board members who will share the impact this group has generated on the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. Learn more about how to become a Fund Milwaukee member and make an impact for entrepreneurs in Milwaukee, by investing locally.
This event is free and open to the public. Additionally businesses that have received investments in the past will be onsite to offer samples of their products and answer questions. Drinks will be for sale at the event.
Milwaukee at 5:00 PM
Why HealthTech and FinTech Matter to Milwaukee
Learn why HealthTech and FinTech matter to Milwaukee and what some local companies are doing to solve problems and create new businesses.
Milwaukee at 5:30 PM
Hacking HR
Hacking HR is an international community of progressive HR and business thought leaders focused on the future of work
Technology12
TUESDAY
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Startup Milwaukee LAUNCH: Building Your Company's Brand
Startup Milwaukee Week's LAUNCH series presented by Husch Blackwell provides straight-talk from founders and startup executives who have proven experience building and scaling tech companies in Wisconsin.LAUNCH workshops provide founders with actionable advice and education from seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and service providers who have played a key roles in successfully scaling tech companies right here in Southeast Wisconsin.Over the course of four morning sessions during Startup Milwaukee Week 2019, founders will gain insight and be exposed to applicable case studies and lightning talks on the key functional areas of their business, LAUNCH workshop topics will include:
- Building Your Brand
- Building Your Team
- Developing Your Product
- Funding Growth
- Jeremy Schmidt, CMO, CollegePads.com
- Tiffany Cooley, CMO, Wantable
- TBA
- Leveraging PPC to drive growth
- The importance of brand for your startup
- More topics TBA
Milwaukee at 10:00 AM
Doyenne & Lady Laughs Comedy Media Lounge
The Doyenne & Lady Laugh Comedy Media Lounge is an exclusive experience for Festival attendees to connect with others, be part of a podcast audience, and hear the stories of fellow entrepreneurs and community builders.
After the Festival, sessions will be turned into podcast episodes to be released to the public and provided to festival leaders to be used for marketing materials.
Milwaukee at 11:00 AM
Innovator's Toolkit - How Creativity and Customer Empathy Can Drive Innovation
Want to boost your capacity for innovation? Join the MSOE - University Innovation Fellows and learn tools to integrate empathy into your design process!
Join us as we embark on a design challenge to improve the Milwaukee community through technology, empathy, and diversity! This fun, high-energy workshop will guide you through the design process ending in a product pitch and group discussion!
Come experience creativity and design techniques taught by Stanford University's Institute of Design! From theatre, improv, and classical innovation exercises, not only will you gain a new perspective on innovation, you'll have a blast doing it!
Milwaukee at 5:00 PM
M-WERC Tech Challenge
Looking for students, educators, engineers, software developers, and creatives to participate in an opportunity to solve a problem and win up to $10,000 in this Tech Challenge competition.
TechnologyMilwaukee at 5:00 PM
Cultivating the Diverse Tech Ecosystem: UWM and Beyond
This two-hour program encourages tech innovators at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and in the greater Milwaukee area to connect and “cultivate” each other’s goals and vision for a more diverse tech ecosystem. We combine budding entrepreneurs at UWM with thriving, driven STEM professionals and tech gurus to champion a growth mindset and learn best practices for branching out into the tech ecosystem here in Milwaukee.
Guest speakers include:
Adam Gabornitz, Senior Project Manager, Tech Advancement and Outreach Team, Northwestern Mutual
Nadiyah Johnson, Founder, Jet Constellations & Milky Way Tech Hub
Dr. Christine Cheng, Associate Professor, Computer Science, UWM
Joshua Sharkey, Computer Engineer and WiscAMP STEM-Inspire Program leader, UWM
Sponsored by UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Panther Foundations for Success, and the WiscAMP STEM-Inspire Program. All are welcome to attend.
This event is part of a series of StartUp Milwaukee Week 2019 programming, Nov. 11-17th. For more information about StartUp Milwaukee, please visit https://startupwi.org/communities/milwaukee.
Milwaukee at 5:30 PM
HealthTechMKE Resource Fair
A Resource Fair presenting the companies that support healthtech entrepreneurs in SE WI, featuring a talk w/WI's top healthtech startups.
Milwaukee at 5:30 PM
HealthTechMKE Resource Fair
A Resource Fair presenting the companies that support healthtech entrepreneurs in SE WI, featuring a talk w/WI's top healthtech startups.
HealthTechMilwaukee at 6:00 PM
The Speaker Crawl
You’re invited to NEWaukee’s Speaker Crawl during Startup Milwaukee Week, a choose-your-own-adventure style speaker program! We’ll be splitting up speaker sessions between different spaces in No Studios. Stay in one space, or bounce between them – it’s all up to you!
Speakers coming soon!
Milwaukee at 7:00 PM
Startup Week - A Journey Into Amazon Alexa
Startup Week - A Journey Into Amazon Alexa
Part I - What Is Alexa
Part II - Dialog Designer
Part III – Working With the JSON Stream
Part IV – Setting Up Test Environments
Part V - Putting it all together.
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WEDNESDAY
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Startup Milwaukee LAUNCH: Building Your Company's Team
Startup Milwaukee Week's LAUNCH series presented by Husch Blackwell provides straight-talk from founders and startup executives who have proven experience building and scaling tech companies in Wisconsin.LAUNCH workshops provide founders with actionable advice and education from seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and service providers who have played a key roles in successfully scaling tech companies right here in Southeast Wisconsin.Over the course of four morning sessions during Startup Milwaukee Week 2019, founders will gain insight and be exposed to applicable case studies and lightning talks on the key functional areas of their business, LAUNCH workshop topics will include:
- Building Your Brand
- Building Your Team
- Developing Your Product
- Funding Growth
- Katrina Stiebs, Chief People Officer @ Penrod
- Cindy Zimmer, HR Director @ Delta Defense
- TBA
- Recruitment tactics for earlystage startups, Matt Cordio founder of Skills Pipeline and Startup Milwaukee
- Legal considerations when hiring talent from Husch Blackwell
Milwaukee at 10:00 AM
Doyenne & Lady Laughs Comedy Media Lounge
The Doyenne & Lady Laugh Comedy Media Lounge is an exclusive experience for Festival attendees to connect with others, be part of a podcast audience, and hear the stories of fellow entrepreneurs and community builders.
After the Festival, sessions will be turned into podcast episodes to be released to the public and provided to festival leaders to be used for marketing materials.
Milwaukee at 11:30 AM
An Ethical Debate: Unconscious Bias in Data Science and Analytics
Join Michael Zimmer, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Marquette University, as he defines unconscious bias as it relates to data science and analytics, how unconscious bias presents an ethical concern, and how to prevent unconscious bias in the innovation process.
Milwaukee at 12:00 PM
Creating Winning Teams
On Wednesday November 13th Michael Cordio founder of Skills Pipeline and Zech Dahms founder of Perennial HD will be discussing talent acquisition, team building, human resource management and employer branding strategies for startups and growing businesses looking to build winning teams! We will also have a guest from Montage joining us to talk about interviewing strategies. and employer branding strategies.
TalentMilwaukee at 2:00 PM
Startup Legal Advice
Startup legal advice from the Marquette Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic, a program that helps entrepreneurial ventures in southeastern Wisconsin with business entity formation, financing, contracts, intellectual property, real estate, employment law, licensing, and more.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 3:30 PM
Accounting and HR Help for Startups
Join us as we present accounting and human resources tips and best practices for startups. We hope to present information that is helpful and relevant and leave time at the end to answer questions from the audience.
Milwaukee at 3:30 PM
Doyenne-Milwaukee 5x5x5
5 women-led companies each give a 5-minute pitch and one is awarded a $5,000 seed grant to take their venture to next level of success
Milwaukee at 4:00 PM
Chat with Glenn Reid, creator of iMovie and iPhoto & Founder of Marathon Machines
Glenn Reid was one of Adobe’s first 40 employees and was handpicked by Steve Jobs to work at Apple on the first version of iMovie. Now, he’s moved from Palo Alto back to Milwaukee to launch Marathon Machines, which he describes as “Laundry in the Internet Age.”In this chat with Glenn Reid, you’ll learn how he tests product ideas before investing in them to ensure customer interest, get an inside look at the killer products he’s built for Adobe, Apple and Microsoft—and, of course, a few stories about what it was like to work with Steve Jobs. You'll also tour his Marathon Machines warehouse.Glenn is the primary inventor on 12 patents and has founded 7 startups. He is passionate about launching new companies and consulting corporations on how to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Stop by for the conversation and stay for the happy hour and networking. Beer and snacks will be provided.This event is part of Startup Milwaukee Week! If you're a product manager, developer, designer or entrepreneur, you won't want to miss this!
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 6:00 PM
Local Entrepreneurs' Panel Discussion
Meet Milwaukee entrepreneurs as they share their experiences and answer questions.
ShowcaseMilwaukee at 6:00 PM
Hiring Your First Employee
Join us to explore your role as an employer, how to interview and onboard quality employees for your business! * In partnership with Fresh Perspective HR
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
Political Open Mic
Join NEWaukee and Bridge the City for our Political Open Mic as part of Startup Milwaukee Week. Our Political Open Mic will give entrepreneurs, elected officials, and the business community a platform to share solutions to the challenges they face.
We hope to foster respect and positivity between attendees and speakers to create civic dialogue and develop attitudes focused on productive solutions rather than ideological tribes. Come with an open mind and be ready to share your voice!
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
The Commons Connect: Building Great Startup Teams
For a growing startup company, success and failure can come down to the team. Yet, startup founders may not take enough time to assess and build upon their own internal dynamics, roles, and work styles.
Join The Commons on Wednesday, November 13th to discuss building strong, diverse startup teams. Learn more about yourself, your organization, and growing your team. This will be an evening of interactive exercises, great networking, and diving into what makes up a rockstar team!
We'll also be inviting local students and professionals interested in joining the startup scene for the event. Food and drink provided, and we can't wait to see you there!
If you're interested in learning more about your own entrepreneurial "role", you should consider taking Gallup's Builder Profile! Check it out here: https://www.gallup.com/builder/ (this is not required to participate in this event)
Be sure to check out Startup Milwaukee Week's stellar lineup of programming and events here:https://www.startupmke.org/week
14
THURSDAY
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Product Camp Milwaukee
This one day event will bring together Product Management professionals who share a passion for building amazing products.
Product Camp will give attendees the chance to collaborate, learn, and network with their peers. This will be a laid back and fun environment to bring your ideas, questions, and expertise to help solve user problems.
Camp will consist of presentations, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. Ticket includes breakfast, lunch, and post-camp happy hour.
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Startup Milwaukee LAUNCH: Building Your Company's Product
Startup Milwaukee Week's LAUNCH series presented by Husch Blackwell provides straight-talk from founders and startup executives who have proven experience building and scaling tech companies in Wisconsin.LAUNCH workshops provide founders with actionable advice and education from seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and service providers who have played a key roles in successfully scaling tech companies right here in Southeast Wisconsin.Over the course of four morning sessions during Startup Milwaukee Week 2019, founders will gain insight and be exposed to applicable case studies and lightning talks on the key functional areas of their business, LAUNCH workshop topics will include:
- Building Your Brand
- Building Your Team
- Developing Your Product
- Funding Growth
- Joe Laurendi, Co-founder & CTO @ Bright Cellars
- Matthew Salzer, Co-founder & CTO @ Socialeads
- TBA
- Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Intellectual Privacy and other legal topics to consider when developing your product from Husch Blackwell
Milwaukee at 11:00 AM
Startup Week MKE 2019 - Running a Successful Business During DNC MKE 2020
Learn from the DNC MKE 2020 Host committee, in collaboration with planners and entrepreneurs from the DNC meeting in Philadelphia and others how to participate in the activities before, during, and after the DNC MKE July 2020.
There are options to be prime and subcontractors supplying goods, services, and venues to the Host Committee or to grow your capacity and capabilities to serve locals and visitors to MKE during the convention week.
Learn from experienced entrepreneurs how to do good, make money, and be successful next July.
Connect to service providers (contracting, financing, business development, and marketing to name a few), other business owners in the region, and businesses that thrived during previous conventions.
This activity is in conjunction and collaboration with Startup Week MKE November 11-17, 2019
Milwaukee at 11:30 AM
Define Your Avatar - What is a Successful Woman Entrepreneur?
Learn about the Different Women Organizations that Cater to Women Entrepreneurs
Milwaukee at 4:00 PM
Upstart Kitchen
Upstart Kitchen
Food and AgricultureMilwaukee at 4:00 PM
Investable AI Startups: A Conversation with Chicago VCs
Join Armando Pauker, Managing Director and Co-founder at Tensility Venture Partners and Allison Weil, Senior Associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners, for a discussion moderated by 5 LAKES co-founder and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Gallagher about the AI startup landscape in the Great Lakes region from an investor's perspective. This discussion will be informal with lots of room for audience involvement.
TechnologyMilwaukee at 5:30 PM
How to Build a Personal Brand that Makes Money
Everything you need to know about monetizing your personal brand, from people that are doing it successfully. This will be a panel style event with networking and free beer (because it wouldn't be a Milwaukee event without beer 😉).
Milwaukee at 5:30 PM
BizStarts Honors: Lights! Camera! Entrepreneurship!
The 2019 BizStarts Honors celebration promises to be the social event of the decade. We will be rolling out the red carpet with some of Wisconsin's most recognizable stars, paparazzi, fireworks and a few tremendous surprises. It’s an event you won’t want to miss!
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
The Shift
The Shift is a female-focused speaker series centered on defining and fueling women’s career trajectories. Responding to the 2018 Milwaukee Women Inc. Advancing Women Leadership report, we will explore topics around achieving gender parity in the workplace and highlight intergenerational stories of female leadership.
The program will feature an opening keynote, a panel discussion, inspirational storytelling sessions and a closing presentation. The evening will also include networking, live music, complimentary drinks, and complimentary appetizers while they last.
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
Milwaukee Podcast Meetup - Vol. 5
Welcome to the fifth installment of Milwaukee Podcast Meetup at The Hive - Milwaukee St.! This FREE event is a part of Milwaukee Startup Week. Refreshments will be available.
Milwaukee Podcast Meetup - Vol. 5 will be Hosted by The The Casual Millennials Podcast and SocialSurge Marketing! Three guests in 20 minute segments will be featured during the event. Guests TBA.
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www.thehivemke.com
www.socialsurgemarketing.com
https://anchor.fm/casualmillennialpodcast
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**The Hive - Milwaukee St is not wheelchair accessible. Please check out The Hive - Jefferson St. for more information on accessiblity!
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FRIDAY
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Speed Mentoring
What is Speed Mentoring? Entrepreneurs seeking business advice from business leaders on marketing, legal, accounting, scaling and more will have the opportunity to meet BizStarts Mentor Network and be connected with Mentor(s) based on your business challenges and opportunities--all in record time!
Each Speed Mentoring session lasts 8 minutes with a 2-minute 'changeover' time between each session. The goal is to fit 6 sessions in an hour.
Entrepreneurs bring your questions and business cards and make sure to practice your business pitch beforehand!
Milwaukee at 11:30 AM
Legal Pitfalls for Startups
Startups are often unaware of the legal pitfalls they may face. This presentation will help entrepreneurs spot, and address, those pitfalls. Topics will include (1) selecting an optimal business entity (LLC or corporation); (2) structuring founder equity; (3) developing and protecting intellectual property; (4) seed financing; and (5) finding and working with a good startup attorney.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 11:30 AM
Solving the Technical Interview
The top suggested search terms for “technical interviews” include:
Technical interviews are bad.
Technical interviews are stupid.
Technical interviews are garbage.
And for good reason.
Technical interviews are all too often frustrating for everyone involved.
Whether you have a standard range of quiz questions or a logic puzzle on a whiteboard, how do you know you’re really seeing someone’s true potential?
Join us to hear about a variety of ideas designed to make technical interviewing feel more like a plan and less like a paradox.
We’ll share success stories, embarrassing failures and the practices that the HealthChampion team has found to be most effective.
The event:
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:00-12:45 Presentation
12:45-1:00 Q&A
Milwaukee at 11:30 AM
Legal Pitfalls for Startups
Startups are often unaware of the legal pitfalls they may face. This presentation will help entrepreneurs spot, and address, those pitfalls. Topics will include (1) selecting an optimal business entity (LLC or corporation); (2) structuring founder equity; (3) developing and protecting intellectual property; (4) seed financing; and (5) finding and working with a good startup attorney.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 2:30 PM
YEP; young entrepreneurs’ panel
Ever wonder what it’s really like to be a student AND an entrepreneur? Hear real stories of entrepreneurship from students attending Marquette University and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee who are creating businesses aimed at solving a variety of problems. Stick around for a networking reception with a variety of student entrepreneurs after the panel.
What you'll learn at this event:
Candid perspectives on managing the good, bad, and ugly elements of student entrepreneurship.
Hear personal accounts from student entrepreneurs about the challenges and opportunities they face.
Understand the resources student entrepreneurs are tapping into on-campus and in the community to grow their businesses.
Inspirational perspectives to encourage others to purse their ideas.
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SATURDAY
Milwaukee at 9:00 AM
Startup Milwaukee Week: UWM Business Model Canvas Mixer
Join the UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center for the Fourth Annual Business Model Canvas (BMC) Mixer. All Milwaukee students are invitied to showcase their ideas at this Milwaukee Startup Week event.
We are asking you (the community) to join us as we brainstorm aspects of the student’s businesses as well as innovative models. Students will be displaying and building their canvases that morning.
Parking: Metered parking is available in the EMS (Engineering Mathematics Science) lot. Street parking with meters is also available on Kenwood Blvd. and Cramer St.
Come join in on exciting conversations with budding entrepreneurs!
If you are a student interested in participating, please fill out this form.
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
The Milky Way Tech for Good Pitch Out
This pitch competition will bring leading entrepreneurs to The Milky Way Tech Hub – Milwaukee’s diverse tech ecosystem– November 16th with the goal of supporting, encouraging, and providing new and equitable funding opportunities to these entrepreneurs.
Diversity