Biz Smart Sprint
July 9, 2026 | 4:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
Join this 6-week virtual course to master business fundamentals—planning, marketing, legal, and financial essentials for entrepreneurs.
Maximizing Your Leadership Potential
July 23, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees, Business Basics
Explore your leadership style and build skills in self-awareness, communication, agility, and influence to achieve lasting results.
Communication & Delegation Skills
July 30, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees
Improve communication and delegation skills using DiSC insights to build stronger relationships and empower team performance.
Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict & Negotiation
August 6, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees, Business Basics
Improve communication and delegation skills using DiSC insights to build stronger relationships and empower team performance.
FORWARD FEST: Demystifying the Pro Forma: Building Financial Projections
August 19, 2026 | 1:30AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Financing, Business Accounting and Budget, Business Basics
Learn to build solid financial projections to assess business viability, secure funding, and manage cash flow with confidence.
FORWARD FEST: Practical Tools for Kickstarting your Go-to-Market (GTM)
August 20, 2026 | 8:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Marketing and Sales
Learn to build solid financial projections to assess business viability, secure funding, and manage cash flow with confidence.
FORWARD FEST: Commercial Real Estate Leasing 101
August 21, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business
Learn the commercial property buying and selling process, valuation basics, due diligence, and strategies to avoid costly mistakes.
FORWARD FEST: From Side Hustle to Small Business
August 21, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
Learn to use the Business Model Canvas to assess your hobby or side hustle, explore viability, and plan next steps for growth
Launch Into Leadership
September 24, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees, Managing a Business
This class targets emerging leaders and newly promoted supervisors, teaching them to avoid common mistakes & shift their mindset from “doer”
I’m Doing Everything! How Value Planning Reduces Panic & Builds Value
September 24, 2026 | 9:30AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Disaster Mitigation, Business Basics, Managing a Business
Learn strategies to increase your business’s value, improve operations, and prepare for future sale or growth through proactive planning.
Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business (Non-MSBB)
October 8, 2026 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees
Discover how the UW-Madison Work-Study Program and internships benefit students and employers.
(MSBB) Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business
October 8, 2026 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Discover how the UW-Madison Work-Study Program and internships benefit students and employers.
Fearless Performance Management (Non-MSBB)
October 29, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business, Managing Employees
Learn to foster team relationships through performance management with tips for feedback and a fearless review model.
SBIR 101 Webinar (June)
June 16, 2026 | 1:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
Financial Foundations for Farms [June 17 - July 1]
June 17, 2026 | 9:00AM | OnlineGet help choosing farm financing options (loans, grants, equity), improving your loan or grant application, and negotiating favorable terms.
Operations Basics: Build a Business That Runs Smoothly
June 23, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Managing a Business, Business Basics, Managing Employees
Running a business shouldn’t be chaotic. Learn practical ways to streamline operations, reduce stress, and build systems to support growth.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR Program Overview
June 24, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Financing, Managing a Business, Government Contracting, Start-up Assistance
For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal
funding through the SBIR/STTR program.
Founder Factory Info Session 6/26
June 26, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Managing a Business
Curious about Founder Factory and whether one of our programs might be a good fit for you?
Join Biweekly | Fridays | 12:00–1:00 PM | Virtual
Ideas to Products (Virtual)
July 21, 2026 | 11:15AM | OnlineTopic: Managing a Business, Start-up Assistance, Business Accounting and Budget, Business Basics, Government Contracting
Are you an Innovator? Do you have an idea that could become a product? Join us for an overview or how to get from here to there.
SBIR 101 Webinar (July)
July 21, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
Launch Your LLC Workshop (July 23 & August 6, 2026)
July 23, 2026 | 12:00PM | Hybrid | Small Business Development Center, La CrosseFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse
Topic: Business Basics
This program is for those interested in organizing a WI Limited Liability Company(LLC) who are ready to begin the business formation process
August 2026 - First Steps to Starting a Business
August 5, 2026 | 7:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Start-up Assistance
NIH Pre-submission Review - August 2026
August 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in October? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.
SBIR 101 Webinar (August)
August 18, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
SBIR 101 Webinar (September)
September 15, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
Food and Farm Business Consultant Training [Oct 1-16]
October 1, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineGet help building the capacity of your food and farm business clients.
NSF Pre-submission Review - October 2026
October 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Government Contracting, Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NSF in November? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.
SBIR 101 Webinar (October)
October 20, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
NIH Pre-submission Review - December 2026
December 16, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in January? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.