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TUESDAY
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 11:00 AM
The Imminent 5G Revolution and It’s Impact on Most of Us
EXACTA's President, Dr. Dennis Hill, will speak on the implications of 5G technology, from new hardware to real-time software apps, with personal features: 5G is a game-changing technology that few today fully comprehend, yet the playing field is far and wide for creative problem solvers. Hill will address the implications of this technology across a business - including sales, production, marketing, customer service, vendor management, and especially HR marketing and recruitment.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 1:00 PM
Feedback: What you need to know to help employees grow
Feedback is a hot topic in the business world today. Motivating, engaging, and encouraging the people around you requires self-awareness, empathy, communication skills, emotional aptitude, courage and vulnerability. This session will discuss the foundational basics of good feedback and the skills required to bring out the best in your team. Join us for a lively, interactive conversation and leave with tools and insights that you will be able to use immediately in all of your relationships.
Milwaukee at 4:30 PM
On The Issues: Creating a Healthy Innovation Economy
It’s estimated 65 percent of all new jobs in the U.S. are created by companies that are less than three years old. But Milwaukee and the Great Lakes region have struggled to build a healthy innovation economy. Why is that, how do we improve our performance, and what’s being done to attract badly needed venture capital to the area?
As Startup Wisconsin Week gets underway, join us for an important conversation at Marquette University Law School’s Lubar Center. This 90-minute event will be moderated by the Law School’s distinguished fellow in law and public policy Mike Gousha and will feature a panel offering key perspectives on what’s being done here and elsewhere to create new company growth.
Panelists:
Ken Johnson, Partner, Badger Fund of Funds of Wisconsin; Founder and Managing Director, Kegonsa Capital Partners
Aaron Gillum, Senior Vice President, 50 South Capital, which manages the Illinois and Indiana Fund of Funds programs; President, Venture Club of Indiana
Kathleen Gallagher, Executive Director, Milwaukee Institute; Founder, 5 LAKES; Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
Matt Cordio, Co-founder and president, Skills Pipeline, Startup Milwaukee, 5 LAKES
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
HealthTech Startup Panel/Resource Fair
A panel discussion with Wisconsin's top healthtech entrepreneurs featuring a Resource Fair with many companies that support healthtech entrepreneurs in Southeastern Wisconsin.
HealthTechMilwaukee at 5:30 PM
Provisional Patent Application Workshop
Provisional Patent Application Workshop and Intellectual Property Brief Advice Clinic:
Patenting activities, including preparing and filing provisional patent applications, are complicated and involve many requirements and procedures. Come learn from a patent attorney, the high points about what it takes to prepare and file a provisional patent application and decide if it is something you will try on your own or engage a patent professional. This is for the "do it yourself" inventor as well as the inventor that wants to know exactly what the patent process will entail before starting the process.
Following the presentation, patent attorneys will be available for individual consultations.
Milwaukee 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
WI .NET User Group: A Journey Into Amazon Alexa
The Wisconsin . NET User Group will offer a workshop for exploring how to build an Amazon Alexa Skills. Are are welcome!
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 12:00 PM
Creating Winning Teams
If we don't have the right people in the right roles with the right skills, our organizations will not survive in today’s fast paced highly competitive business environment.
This event is all about people. How do we attract and retain the right people? When to start hiring? How to make great hires? When to use a recruitment agency? How to make your company culture known?
If you're looking to build an elite team that fits your culture, this event is for you!
During this session, we will discuss how we can build a culture where talent is choosing you and how you can sell your culture to the future leaders of your organization. Perennial
We will also help you figure out how to prioritize and identify your hiring needs. Skills Pipeline
There are many strategies that go into hiring the right talent that fits your culture, so we will also dive into strategies that help with interviewing and choosing candidates. Perennial & Modern Hire
Milwaukee 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
Doyenne's 5x5x5 highlights 5 women-led ventures, each giving a 5-minute pitch, and one receiving a $5,000 seed grant to take their venture to the next level of success. The awarded company will also be part of the Doyenne 12-month Accelerator program to ensure venture growth.
The companies selected to present we selected through an open application for all women-led ventures who are headquartered in Wisconsin, can show evidence to reach a national market, and were able to outline how the $5,000 will impact the growth of their venture. In preparation for the event, Doyenne meets with the companies for 2 pitch practice sessions.
The event's MCs will be:Heather Wentler - co-founder of DoyenneAmy Gannon - co-founder of DoyenneDina Nina Martinez - founder of Lady Laughs Comedy
The selected companies to present:Forti, www.fortigoods.comCalmLet, www.calmlet.com PumpHero, www.pumphero.netMySoulBrew, FB/Instagram: @mysoulbrewColorful Connections, www.ColorfulConnections.com
A panel of judges will score each of the companies on the quality of their pitch and how they meet the pitch requirements. The judges will then select which of the companies will be awarded the $5,000.
Confirmed judges for the event:Adam Gabornitz - Northwest Mutual, MKEtechNick Williams - Milwaukee Business JournalJudge to be determinedJudge to be determinedDuring the event, attendees will be able to network with others, meet Doyenne Leaders and members, meet the presenters, and enjoy food and beverages while watching the presentation and grant awarded to one of the companies.
Event Timeline:3:30- Doors Open3:45 - Program StartsWelcomeIntro JudgesCompany PitchesJudges Deliberate5:15 - Announce Winner5:20 - Closing Remarks5:30 - End of Event
Thank you to our event sponsors:Northwest Mutual - grant sponsor & location hostAmFam VenturesBoardman & Clark, LLPWhile the event is free, a suggested donation of $15 is encouraged.Doyenne is a 501c3 organization dedicated to building equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems where women entrepreneurs are recognized for their power and invested in for their potential. Every $250 donated to the organization impacts 1 women-led venture in Wisconsin to be able to access professional development and skills necessary for venture growth and sustainability.
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 5:30 PM
Mental & Physical Well-Being For Entrepreneurs: A Wellness Workshop
Join us during Startup Milwaukee Week for a live podcast panel and a four-part workshop, geared towards entrepreneurs, business owners, and individuals with a busy lifestyle, to give you tips and practices to benefit your mental and physical health. 1. Transform Your Mindset In 5 Minutes...Using Your Phone!: BETH RIDLEY2. 15-Minute Chair Yoga For Busy People: CYNTHIA AKEY3. Healthy Eating For Healthy Entrepreneurs: STEPHANIE KRUBSACK4. Meditation To Destress & Disconnect From Distractions: CAMELIA KESSACI----------------1. Transform Your Mindset In 5 Minutes...Using Your Phone!: BETH RIDLEYConferences, workshops, consultants, coaches – we do it all to build our professional competencies and leadership skills. But why spend all this money when the best approach to being more impactful at work involves easy tactics you can do for free? (Yes, free!) It’s all about applying best practices from positive psychology, the scientific study of what makes people thrive. In this session you will learn five positive psychology practices that boost positivity and overcome burnout and we will implement them using our phones. That’s right! While our phones are often the cause of stress and burnout, we will use the power of our phones for good as positive psychology practice enablers.-----------------2. 15-Minute Chair Yoga For Busy People: CYNTHIA AKEYAre you Stiff? Stressed? Overworked? Discover how to find clarity and focus when you need it most. A regular 15-minute Chair Yoga practice will improve your posture, mobility, flexibility, and breath capacity, all while reducing stress and tension. Move better. Breathe better. Feel better. The learning objectives are to identify the key areas where tension is held in the body – neck, shoulders, back, and hips, to learn how to improve posture for optimal breathing, and to learn to connect breath with movement and be more present. Attendees will learn a few self-care movements and breathing techniques to reduce stress and find more focus.----------------3. Healthy Eating For Healthy Entrepreneurs: STEPHANIE KRUBSACKAs busy entrepreneurs and business owners it can sometimes be challenging to eat healthy, even with the best intentions. Preparation is key, and during this workshop you'll learn how to heighten your food prep program at home, when on-the-go, or traveling, and DIY superfood blends for optimal health. Simple substitutions for adding more plant-based dishes to your diet will also be shared. Making healthy taste good is possible and can help simplify your busy lifestyle. Attendees will walk away with healthy recipes, time-saving tips, and more.----------------4. Meditation To Destress & Disconnect From Distractions: CAMELIA KESSACIAs human beings, we thrive in authenticity, true creativity, healthy discipline, freedom, and deep purpose. However, we have a tendency to lose ourselves in the process of trying to achieve or fit in. Therefore, our external reality can seem to be a place where we are constantly drawn outside of ourselves, with responsibilities, duties, and distractions. What makes most of us feel unfulfilled, stressed, and overwhelmed comes from our inability to focus on what really matters in our lives. Meditation is a powerful tool to use to come back to what matters. Join for 15 minutes to unplug from the chaos and enter into what really matters to you, then integrate it back into your daily life. Learning how to focus on what is important to you regardless of external distractions the definition of true joy. ----------------
BETH RIDLEY: Founder/CEO The Brimful LifeBeth believes everyone has the potential to live fully by embracing a positive mindset. That's why she combined her 25 years of corporate leadership experience with her expertise in positive psychology and diversity and inclusion to create The Brimful Life, a career and culture wellness company. Through speaking, workshops, consulting and her podcast series, Beth helps professionals thrive in their careers and helps leaders create inclusive and inspiring organizational cultures. From start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, Beth has led strategy, sales, training, operations, diversity and inclusion and client experience functions across the globe in five different countries. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, Tufts University and Columbia University. She lives in Whitefish Bay with her husband and three kiddos. Beth lives a brimful life by running, speed skating and watching cooking competition shows on TV which is ironic because she really hates to cook.https://www.thebrimfullife.com/
CYNTHIA AKEY: Owner - Personal Trainer/Yoga Instructor Cynergy Wellness LLCCynthia Akey is a certified Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer, and Wellness Coach with 20 years of corporate experience in digital marketing and graphic design. http://www.cynergy-wellness.com/
CAMELIA KESSACI: Intuitive Coach & Yoga InstructorCamelia grew up thinking that intelligence is a mental skill. From a very young age, she was interested in learning and improving her intellect. Knowledge was her refuge. She wanted to find answers in education and studying, particularly in math and science. She went into an engineering school and ended up graduating as a chemical engineer and afterwards received a master’s in environmental engineering. All of that was done back in North Africa and Europe. She later started focusing on spiritual growth and helping others intuitively as a professional when she moved to the US. The tools that are important in her practice is what we call meditation and body movement (yoga), healthy eating, artistic expression, spending time in nature, and much more. Her career is not only a job, it is a lifestyle, and she is honored to be able to cross paths with you and share what she does in order to help you.https://www.cameliakessaci.com/
STEPHANIE KRUBSACK: Founder/CEO Purevant Living Stephanie's creative experience began 16 years ago as an editor-in-chief for a magazine and later building personal websites and content through food and travel blogging at skarfait.com. She soon offered services to other companies, including chef work for healthy food initiatives for businesses and menu creation in Prague, while also developing marketing and branding skills to help promote a product or service. Naturally drawn to the wellness and eco realms, she wanted to create a platform to bring awareness to these amazing products and services that help each of us live our best lives, while keeping the environment in mind. Purevant Living was created as a collaborative network of all woman creatives that help companies develop brand identity, to promote the product or service through logo and web design, creative content, social media management, podcasting, and hosting wellness events and workshops. Purevant Living stands for health, wellness, the environment, and giving back to the community.https://purevantliving.com/
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
Journey to UX
**Meetup is now starting to charge RSVP fees. Please feel free to just attend the event without RSVPing if meetup tries to charge you. We will be exploring alternative options for future meetups.**
With any journey comes struggle, exploration, and risk. Even when it's the right thing to do, it isn't always the easiest thing to do. Learn how two UX designers with very different backgrounds discovered UX and made the journey to find joy in work.
In this talk, you will learn how Lori and Johanna:
-Decided to pursue UX
-Developed their knowledge and skills
-Marketed themselves
-Faced challenges along the way
-Continue to grow in the field
Join us on November 13th to discover that everyone has the drive to change and find fulfillment in their work, no matter their years of experience or background.
Speaker Bios:
Lori Popodi
Lori is a UX Designer with Centare where she helps teams create joyful experiences with thoughtful design. Before discovering her passion for UX, She enjoyed a 10-year career in accounting and finance. She made the switch to UX last year and takes great joy in helping others realize their own passions. When she isn't working, she spends her time traveling the globe and exploring her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Johanna Rosauer
With a background in visual communications, storytelling has been quintessential to her career. She is devoted to expanding her knowledge on psychological behaviors that influence intentional user experience design. She's very fond of research in the psychological reasoning and data analytics on various platforms to support effective UX design for the end-users.
Pizza, soda, and water will be provided by our host, C2 (thank you!)
Milwaukee 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
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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
The Imminent 5G Revolution and It’s Impact on Most of Us
EXACTA's President, Dr. Dennis Hill, will speak on the implications of 5G technology, from new hardware to real-time software apps, with personal features: 5G is a game-changing technology that few today fully comprehend, yet the playing field is far and wide for creative problem solvers. Hill will address the implications of this technology across a business - including sales, production, marketing, customer service, vendor management, and especially HR marketing and recruitment.
Education & TrainingMilwaukee at 11:00 AM
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 1:00 PM
PodFestMKE
Podfest MKE is brought to you by Go Geddit Media and Marketing and Bridge the City, presented by Biz Times Media and part of Startup Week Milwaukee. Podfest MKE is for everyone – whether you are looking to start your own podcast or excited to see local podcasters on the stage, you can join us at No Studios to learn the ins and outs of the podcasting world.
1pm - 4pm "Education"
Speakers talking about the state of audio and podcasting, how to leverage podcasts to boost your brand, etc.
5pm - 8pm "Entertainment"
Featuring many local podcasts doing 15 minute versions of their shows.
8pm - 9pm
Socialize with purpose while enjoing drinks from NO Studios' gallery bar.
Drinks and snacks available for purchase with credit or debit card at the bar (no cash)
Public parking is available at the Brewery Parking Garage at 1213 N 9th Street
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
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 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 😉).
NetworkingMilwaukee 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!
15
FRIDAY
Milwaukee at 8:00 AM
Startup Milwaukee Week: Fundraising Friday
Get perspectives on funding the growth of your startup from both founders and funders.About this EventVenture Capital is the lifeblood of many high-growth tech startups on Fundraising Friday we will explore the various ways startups in the Milwaukee region are financing their growth. From Bootstrapping to raising signficant venture funding join us to hear perspectives on fundraising from both founders and funders.8:10am - Opening Remarks
- Matt Cordio, Co-founder, Startup Milwaukee
- Tom Paprocki, Managing Director, Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center
- Ben Bartling, Co-founder, ZoomShift
- Jesse DePinto, Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer, Frontdesk
- Justin Nicols, Founder & CEO, Sift Healthcare
- Cindy Poiesz, Managing Partner, EVOLVE Brands
- Chris Widmayer, Co-founder & CEO, Penrod
- Scott Brunner, Associate, Husch Blackwell
- Henry Chi, Portfolio Manager, Capital Innovators
- Victor Gutwein, Managing Partner, M25 VC
- Ross Leinweber, Founder, Bold Coast Capital
- Dave Sachse, Manager, The Sachse Family Fund
- Jason Stansell, Controller, Fine Point Consulting
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 10:00 AM
Starting From Scratch: Learn How To Go From Idea to Inc.
Join MC Razaire (Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures) and Nick Wichert (Northwestern Mutual Studio) as they present on how to:
- Bring your idea to life and pitch your startup.
- Build out a viable business model and product roadmap.
- Get others excited about your idea.
- Pitch to an investor- learn about what early-stage funds look for in a startup founder and how they decide to write the check.
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 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.
Milwaukee at 6:00 PM
Milwaukee Startup Bus powered by Startup Milwaukee
Startup Milwaukee takes you on a guided tour of Milwaukee's innovation hubs while introducing you to the founders from over a dozen emerging startups.
Hop aboard the Milwaukee Startup Bus presented by Husch Blackwell to learn about Milwaukee's growing startup ecosystem from key leaders, meet new people, enjoy Good City Brewing beer, Bright Cellars wine all for just $10 per person.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, startup enthusiast or anywhere in between, the Milwaukee Startup Bus is a great way to explore local startup community.
We will start the tour at the Global Water Center in Walker's Point with stops at UWM's NEW Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and Bright Cellars HQ at Ward 4.
Along the way we will hear from founders who have participated in:
- The Water Council's BREW accelerator
- UWM's Student Startup Challenge
- gener8tor's gBeta Milwaukee
- Young Enterprising Society's Blueprint
- Startup Milwaukee's EMERGE
The Milwaukee Startup Bus is part of Startup Milwaukee Week presented by Husch Blackwell with support from Good City Brewing, UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Bright Cellars and The Water Council.
Networking
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SATURDAY
Milwaukee at 8:30 AM
Milwaukee Code Camp 2019
Milwaukee Code Camp is a free software development and computer science conference put on by local developers for the Milwaukee community. We run it entirely as volunteers and just want to see our community grow!Every development, design, test and craftmanship stack welcome! Any topics ranging from Languages, Web, Mobile, Cloud, IoT, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, AR/MR/VR, softskills, architecture and design patterns, leadership and whatever else the community wants to talk about.Visit https://www.milwaukeeCodeCamp.com for more information.A Code Camp is always free, for developers by developers, no sales pitches and during non-working hours.
TechnologyMilwaukee at 9:00 AM
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.
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