Hosted by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and the Connected Systems Institute, this event is your chance to spark creativity, gain new knowledge, and connect with people who can help you reach your goals.
The challenge is simple: complete as many tasks as you can across our interactive circuit. Each stop unlocks a new activity, and the more tasks you finish, the better your shot at winning the grand prize.
Get ready for an adventure filled with problem solving, teamwork, and discovery. You’ll crack clues, explore campus spaces, and dive into hands-on challenges designed to test your creativity and collaboration. Whether you’re here to compete, connect, or just experience something new, the Circuit Challenge is your opportunity to start the semester off with a spark.
Diverse Ideas – Bridging Communties w/ Tortilla Making
We’re back this semester with more tortillas and stories! Learn how to make tortillas from scratch and explore the cultural meaning behind this staple of Mexican cuisine. Join us in the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Room 203A. This event is presented by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center is collaboration with the Roberto Hernandez Center.
Diverse Ideas - Tortilla Making (9/25/25)
Social Good Morning – Featuring Ruben Gaona
Our first Social Good Morning of the semester features local social innovators making a positive impact in Milwaukee. In celebration of Latine Heritage Month, we welcome Ruben Gaona, Executive Director of My Way Out, whose entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to social change have earned him numerous honors. His accolades include being named the 2021 Veteran Social Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Wisconsin’s 2022 Most Influential Latino Leaders, a recipient of the 2022 Google Latino Founders Fund, the 2022 Michael Boyce Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from the University of Notre Dame, and the 2023 Espiritu Award from the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee. This talk series event is presented by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, presented in collaboration with the Roberto Hernández Center
RSVP 10/8 Social Good Morning - Ruben Gaona
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Booster 6 – Storytelling Crafting A Story that Connects
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Booster 4 – Prototyping Making it Real: Testing it Out
Making it Real: Testing it Out
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 – Mentor Dinner
Let’s celebrate our progress thus far.. Join us for a dinner with LEC mentors and friends!
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Booster 2 – Customer Discovery Find Your People: Discovering Real Needs
Find Your People: Discovering Real Needs
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Booster 3 – Business Model Canvas Blueprint/Map to your Ideas
Blueprint/Map to your Ideas
Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Booster 1 – Design Your Life Day 1: Designing Your Journey
Day 1: Designing Your Journey
Startup Challenge Feedback Form
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Startup Challenge Cohort 14 Information Session
This introduction of the Startup Challenge is all about BIG ideas, quick thinking, and making something out of nothin’!
At this event, explore a real-world problem and take on the challenge to design a new solution. The twist? You’ll explore that when you get here.
Get creative and pitch your idea to win big.  No need to be an expert, just show up ready to explore something new. That’s innovation!
2025 Startup Challenge Welcome RSVP
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Launch & Lunch – Located in LEC Room 204 This Week
This week’s Launch & Lunch will be held in LEC Room 204. Located directly across from the LEC Touchdown & Launch Space (typical meeting room).
Have you had an idea for a startup but didn’t know where to start? If you are in the LEC at the noon hour on Wednesdays, we welcome you to join our LEC Launch & Lunch. Bring your lunch, bring your smile, bring you! Flexible, casual, drop in when you can.
Feel free to extend this invitation to other colleagues and students.
