Explore all of the SBDC’s events around the state for prospective and current business owners looking to expand their skill set, network, receive guidance or connect to the Wisconsin entrepreneurial ecosystem.
To access Start In Wisconsin’s calendar of events for entrepreneurs, click here.
Entrepreneurial Training Program
SBDCJanuary 7, 2025 | 5:30PM | St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center, River Falls
Topic: Business Basics
Do it right with a solid, researched and tested plan for optimum success. Beneficial for pre-venture through mature businesses in any industry and any size. Learn from the experts and those who have 'been there done that'. Find out if customers want what you have to offer and what they are wil...
Exiting Your Business & Retirement Planning
SBDCJanuary 16, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth Management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.
Exiting Your Business & R...
SBIR 101 Webinar
CTCJanuary 21, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Informational Session
SBDCJanuary 21, 2025 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin middle of February....
Entrepreneurial Training Program, IN-PERSON - Spring 2025 - Door County
SBDCJanuary 23, 2025 | 5:30PM | Door County Economic Development Corporation, Sturgeon Bay
Topic: Start-up Assistance
These ETP classes will meet IN-PERSON, one night a week for 8 weeks (Meeting over a period of 9 weeks. NO CLASS on FEB 6.) This learning opportunity is being sponsored by the Door County Economic Development Corporation and will be held in-person at the DCEDC, 185 Walnut St, Stur...
From Ideas to Products
CTCJanuary 30, 2025 | 11:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
Topic: Start-up Assistance
You have an idea, you may have started the initial research on it, and now you're trying to see what's next?
Join us at Marquette to learn more about lean startup mechanics, the SBIR/STTR program, and the services that are provided by the CTC.
Lecturer: Rob Baranows...
NIH SBIR/STTR: Proposal Preparation Intensive
CTCFebruary 5, 2025 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
Topic: Government Contracting
For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm into product development, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The NIH SBIR/STTR programs award over $1.25 billion in R&...
NSF Presubmission Panel Review
CTCFebruary 11, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Do you plan to submit to NSF in March? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This reg...
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Informational Session
SBDCFebruary 11, 2025 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin middle of February....
Is it the Real World? Or is it AI? An Entrepreneur's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
SBDCFebruary 12, 2025 | 9:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing a Business
You've heard plenty about Artificial Intelligence being a "game changer" across industries - but what does that mean for your day-to-day work? We asked ourselves this question - and how AI could level the playing field for small businesses - and did some investigating.
We know that as a sm...
SHRM Learning System Certification Course
SBDCFebruary 12, 2025 | 6:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
You are the future. Invest in yourself with SHRM certification.
Are you looking for help to navigate the increased demands on HR professionals? Become the most qualified and valuable HR professional you can be with SHRM certification.
The SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP®) and ...
Brain Hacks: Harnessing Neuroscience for Leadership & Success
SBDCFebruary 13, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Your brain has evolved to help you survive, and its primary job is to keep you safe. The challenge is that your brain rarely distinguishes evolutionary threats (e.g. avoiding a lion) from the everyday - and ever-changing! - stressors of our chaotic and complex modern world. If left untrained, the...
SBIR 101 Webinar
CTCFebruary 18, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Winter 2025
SBDCFebruary 18, 2025 | 5:00PM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse, Wittich Hall, Room 2127, La Crosse, WI
Topic: Start-up Assistance
The Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) provides the tools you need for business idea testing and business model improvement. Through instruction, guest speakers and coaching, the course serves those who are considering starting a business, owners of existing businesses struggling to get a han...
Buy and Sell Agreements for Multi-Owner Businesses/Partnerships
SBDCFebruary 20, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.
This presentation will focus ...
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)
SBDCFebruary 20, 2025 | 5:30PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Start-up Assistance
ETP is an intensive business-planning training program designed to help participants who want to start a new business, grow an existing business, or make a substantial business pivot that requires viewing the business with a new perspective.
The focus of the program is to help you complete...
Retail Success Series: Opening Your First Retail Location
SBDCFebruary 25, 2025 | 10:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing a Business
This series covers essential topics for retail success, including considerations for opening a brick-and-mortar store, effective merchandising techniques to drive purchases, and creating impactful in-store signage. Each 30-minute session, followed by a 15-minute Q&A, will be held online with ...
Reclaim Your Day with Delegation: Leveraging a Virtual Team
SBDCFebruary 25, 2025 | 2:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
How do you know if it's the right time to start outsourcing and delegating some of your to-do list? With the rise of organizations utilizing the expertise of virtual assistants and other outsourced service providers to help manage their to-do lists, is this an option you should consider to scale ...
I'm Doing Everything! How Value Planning Reduces Panic and Builds Value
SBDCFebruary 26, 2025 | 11:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing a Business
While tax planning is a regular part of every entrepreneur's work cycle, value planning may have a bigger long-term impact. Given that your business is likely your largest asset, wouldn't you want to maximize its value?
For a business owner, retirement often translates into selling your bu...
Introduction to Financial Management
SBDCMarch 3, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
Whether you are starting a new business or looking to organize your current business' finances, accurate financial information is one of the most valuable tools you have to drive success. This course seeks to set participants on the right path by providing a "101" overview of financial bookkeepin...
Launch Into Leadership
SBDCMarch 6, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Taking on new supervisory responsibilities is a great opportunity and challenge. Many in supervisory roles have learned either by trial and error or by following what was done by their predecessor. In most cases, this is not a very effective strategy. This course will start you in the right direc...
NIH Presubmission Panel Review
CTCMarch 11, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Do you plan to submit to NIH in April? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NIH review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the April deadline. This registr...
Building Wealth Inside vs Outside of Your Business
SBDCMarch 13, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Financing
Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth Management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.
Your business will be your pr...
Tax Incentives Wealth Building Strategies
SBDCApril 3, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Tax Planning
Business owners arguably have some of the best opportunities to legal limit their tax exposure. Taxes also can be one of the largest drags on business profitability. This presentation we'll focus on the following to limit the tax bill:
- Investing in your business & tax deductions...
Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business
SBDCApril 10, 2025 | 11:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Did you know that the UW-Madison Work-Study Program, previously reserved for on-campus and non-profit organizations, has been expanded to small businesses - and, as of September 2023, even covers 50% of the wages earned? Or that many UW-Madison students pursue internship opportunities as a way to...
NSF Presubmission Panel Review
CTCJune 10, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Do you plan to submit to NSF in July? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This regi...
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the relevant SBDC office or call 608-263-7794.