Join the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, and Heidi and Julian Zepeda 鈥� founders of聽聽鈥� for a pop up plaza! Hear about recent Project Pitch It entrepreneurs and their journey to establishing a Tortilleria in Wisconsin. Work with other students to brainstorm social media strategy and content for Tortilleria Zepeda, and get free tortillas! This event is cosponsored with聽51猎奇 CEO.
You Failed. Now What? – Milwaukee Tech Week Event
You failed. Now what? How to pivot after facing life鈥檚 toughest challenges
Entrepreneurship is a big risk, big reward kind of a gamble. Sometimes it doesn鈥檛 play out as planned and entrepreneurs are forced to strategize, pivot, or move on.
Join us for a discussion with panelists who will share their stories about failing forward when it didn鈥檛 work, what they did, and how they picked themselves back up after overcoming some tough challenges. Attendees will walk away with resources available to best support them when the next 鈥渇ailing forward鈥� opportunity comes about.
Panelists:
Johonna Duckworth 鈥� Founder of Life Styled
Ruben Gaona 鈥� Co-Founder and COO at The Way Out
Jesse DePinto 鈥� Co-Founder at Frontdesk
Nadiyah Johnson 鈥� Founder of Jet Constellations
This is part of the . Cosponsored with STEM-Inspire.
Diverse Ideas with Lina Sergie Attar
The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center鈥檚 next Diverse Ideas will feature Lina Sergie Attar, founder of the . This event is cosponsored with the 51猎奇 Institute of World Affairs.
鈥淜aram House is more than a place; it is a new home for the future of Syria. As an innovative education center and hub for the whole community, Karam House builds hope for young refugees and their families while preserving a shared cultural identity in a new country. Together, students develop the creativity, critical thinking, and teamwork skills that help them pursue their own paths to leadership with confidence and support鈥� With two Houses in Istanbul and Reyhanli already open, our hope is to build more Karam Houses and support as many communities as possible.鈥�
This event is a virtual event. You must RSVP below to receive the Zoom information.
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Diverse Ideas is a talk series that partners with 51猎奇 offices to invite global and local entrepreneurs/community innovators for an intimate chat with 51猎奇 students, faculty, and staff. By offering these talks, LEC hopes to build a larger and more diverse network of students involved in entrepreneurship, including one that spans across disciplines and majors. Speakers share their stories and give advice in an open-forum conversation with attendees. Learn with us how to improve our community and work together to problem-solve.
Diverse Ideas with Selfie Hop MKE
The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center鈥檚 first Diverse Ideas of the fall semester will feature Alison White. Alison is the founder of the first selfie studio in Milwaukee 鈥� . In addition to being a business owner, Alison is also a mother and teacher. Free tickets will be given away!
This event is cosponsored with the 51猎奇 Black Student Cultural Center.
鈥淪elfie Hop is a selfie studio, also known as a selfie museum. We are located on Milwaukee鈥檚 Eastside and are a small locally owned business. We have over 20 different photo opportunities for your photo-taking pleasure. You can snap photos by yourself, with a special someone, or with a group of friends.鈥�
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Diverse Ideas is a talk series that partners with 51猎奇 offices to invite global and local entrepreneurs/community innovators for an intimate chat with 51猎奇 students, faculty, and staff. By offering these talks, LEC hopes to build a larger and more diverse network of students involved in entrepreneurship, including one that spans across disciplines and majors. Speakers share their stories and give advice in an open-forum conversation with attendees. Learn with us how to improve our community and work together to problem-solve.
Social Good Morning – ImagineMKE
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Social Good Morning is a talk series hosted by our very own Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Social Innovation, Mark Fairbanks. LEC invites one local social innovator per month to have a short interview with Mark and then an open-format discussion, fielding questions from the audience about their strategies and passions. Topics of conversation range from poverty to sustainability to inclusivity and beyond.
Join us for a discussion with聽, Senior Director of Collective Impact, and , Director of Neighborhood Partnerships. MacArthur and Antoine will be discussing Imagine MKE’s involvement in co-designing with communities to leverage arts and culture as an intervention to improve public health.
is a diverse coalition united to advancing both the arts and culture sector and the sector’s contributions to the culture, social, and economic vitality of Milwaukee. The organization strives to bring to fruition their vision of an inclusive, engaged, and inspired Milwaukee that is recognized as a world-class city for creating and experiencing arts and culture.
Social Good Morning with Trudy Watt (Hybrid)
This interactive session with Assistant Professor of Architecture Trudy Watt will explore the growing applied compassion movement and its potential as the basis of taking altruistic action in design, collaboration and entrepreneurship. Trudy will share work from her yearlong journey to become an Ambassador of Compassion through the Stanford-affiliated Applied Compassion Training and how it is showing up in the classroom, relationships with collaborators and plans for organization building in the future.
This event is open to all and is a part of the LEC Teaching Fellows Weekly Friday program.
Guests joining virtually can sign up below to get the zoom link via email.
A Tea Ceremony and Community Conversation with Jeff Champeau
This month, Social Good Morning and Well Entrepreneur partner up to bring you a unique brew of social innovation, conscious culture, and wellness with Jeff Champeau, Vice President of Business Development at Rishi Tea and Botanicals.
There will be networking and a tea tasting for the first 30 minutes, followed by a matcha tea ceremony run by guests from Rishi Tea. We will close with a conversation about ancient tea practices, innovative business strategies, and how human connection is at the root of growing a company and expanding to new markets.
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Social Good Morning is a talk series hosted by our very own Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Social Innovation, Mark Fairbanks. LEC invites one local social innovator per month to have a short interview with Mark and then an open-format discussion, fielding questions from the audience about their strategies and passions. Topics of conversation range from poverty to sustainability to inclusivity and beyond. Join us for this fantastic opportunity to hear from and chat with a Milwaukee community professional and forge meaningful connections with a multidisciplinary audience of faculty, community members, and students alike. Learn more about what it takes to become a social innovator in Milwaukee.
Well Entrepreneur is a talk series hosted by our very own Well Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Amelia Coffaro. Well Entrepreneur is an initiative, reimagining a healthier path of entrepreneurship in a way that supports individual and collective well being. It is an interactive talk series featuring entrepreneurs who share their insight on what it means to be well as they start and grow a business, how to create more well-being, accessibility, and inclusion in their work, and why this matters for the whole of entrepreneurship. Each talk includes a short, guided meditation.
This event is open to all and is a part of the LEC Teaching Fellows Weekly Friday program.
Register below to secure your spot; there is limited availability of matcha kits for the tea ceremony.
Startup Challenge Meet and Greet
Want to learn more about the Startup Challenge? Join us for an info session to learn about what the program covers, and possible outcomes and advantages of joining! All are welcome to join.
Pizza will be provided.
Pop Up – Starting a Small Business: What You Need to Know (PART 2)
Join us for the second session with LEC Entrepreneur-in-Residence Loren Peterson about the first steps needed to form and begin to operate your business. This will be a continuation of the previous session from August 9th. It is an informal session, so any questions related to what it takes to getting a business started are welcome. Topics that will be covered include filing for a trademark, brand names, bookkeeping, keeping track of your business’s financial information; previous content on choosing a legal name, tax ID #’s, and how income taxes may impact the business (and your personal return) will also be reviewed. This workshop is open to anyone, so feel free to bring a friend or two.
Please Sign Up Here:
LEC Working Session – Stakeholder Mapping and Prototype Testing
We are hosting a group working session brainstorm stakeholder maps. This is a good exercise to think about current and/or future customers.
We will also be spending time testing prototypes. Terrance Thomas has a card game that we will test. Feel free to bring a prototype if you have one and the group will give feedback.
Feel free to join our workshop and bring a friend. It鈥檚 going to be fun!
Pop Up – Starting a Small Business: What You Need to Know
Join a conversation with LEC Entrepreneur-in-Residence Loren Peterson about the first steps needed to form and begin to operate your business. This will be an informal session, so come with your questions on what it聽takes to get a business started. Some topics that聽will be covered include business legal structures and how to file to make yours official,聽how to choose a legal name for your business, what tax ID #s you’ll聽need, how income taxes may impact the business (and your personal tax return), when and how to file for a trademark, how much all these things might聽cost, and anything else that you wonder about related to starting a new business.
Please Sign Up Here:
Well Entrepreneur: Sprouting Wellness
Pot a plant, learn about mindfulness practices, and hear from a local plant store owner about their experiences. Well Entrepreneur explores wellness practices and topics within entrepreneurship. To request accommodations, please email nicole@uwmrf.edu. Cosponsored with the .