Events

Events

Explore all of the SBDC’s events around the state for prospective and current business owners looking to expand their skill set, receive guidance, network, or connect to the Wisconsin entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Event Date

Startup Horror Stories with Founder Factory

CTCOctober 26, 2026 | 3:00PM | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center, Milwaukee

Topic: Business Basics, Government Contracting, Start-up Assistance, Marketing and Sales

Success stories are inspiring. Horror stories are educational.


November 2026 - First Steps to Starting a Business

SBDCNovember 4, 2026 | 7:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point

Topic: Start-up Assistance



SBIR 101 Webinar (November)

CTCNovember 17, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: 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.


Small Business Clinic Green County

OBEDecember 10, 2026 | 8:00AM | Ludlow Mansion Events, Monroe

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Managing a Business, Business Basics

Register for a FREE Small Business Clinic at Ludlow Mansion in Monroe!


SBIR 101 Webinar (December)

CTCDecember 15, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: 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

CTCDecember 16, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: 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.


SBIR 101 Webinar (January 2027)

CTCJanuary 19, 2027 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: 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.


National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR/STTR Program Overview

CTCJanuary 26, 2027 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting, Financing, Managing a Business

For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the SBIR/STTR program.

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.