Rewire

Need some quick advice to kick your startup plans into high gear? Successful entrepreneurs Ryan Feit, co-founder of SeedInvest, Jennifer Lane and Priyanka Verma, co-founders of Laquerus, and Dick Schulze, found of Best Buy, offer some pro tips to get you started.

These distinguished speakers shared their insights at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Showcase on October 4, 2018.

Nate Houge and Micah Taylor founded Brake Bread – St. Paul, Minnesota’s premiere Community Support Bakery that delivers fresh bread to its customers by bicycle. They’re all about three things: bread, biking, and building a sustainable community.

Over the course of 12-weeks, students from the St. Paul Creative Arts Secondary school worked with different restaurants and food industry partners and discussed concepts like budgeting, ticketing, money management, restaurant ownership, and cooking at home for their families.

In an interesting twist, today’s young adults are skipping over the starter home trend more common in their parent’s generation (but it’s got so much character!) and going straight from living at home to buying their own dream home.

Entrepreneur Meghan Sharkus, a rising junior at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas and the founder and CEO of ExpressionMed, a medical tape startup, is undaunted by the demands of both pursuits. Or, if daunted, she has enough exuberance to maintain her motivation despite the challenges. And she's lucky to have found a willing mentor in Entrepreneurship professor

Etiquette expert Arden Clise guides college student Matt Grega through some essential networking tips including the perfect handshake, remembering someone’s name, entering a group conversation, and mastering the art of holding your food plate and drink in one hand.

As Queblo, Igor Fridman's construction start-up, builds momentum and gains interest from well-respected builders, he confers with mentor Eapen Chacko, editor at EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovator Exchange, about flexing his business model to remain profitable and sustainable.

Ellen joined the Farmer Willie’s team to build out their brand ambassador program as the company transitions into Willie’s Superbrew. Helping her navigate the rebranding effort is mentor Kim Eddleston, senior editor, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

With the health benefits of mushrooms in the news and the fabulous fungi a top food trend for 2018, we took a walk in the woods with Ness to see what we could discover.

Conversations about probiotics have taken over dinner conversation, and gut health is something that people care about all of a sudden. How did fermented foods become so popular? GYST Fermentation Bar is a restaurant that serves every type of fermented food that you can think of.

McNeill built out a brand ambassador program to take craft ginger beer company Farmer Willie's to the next level as Willie's Superbrew. Helping her navigate the transition is mentor Kim Eddleston, senior editor, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

Queblo is an online marketplace that connects builders and homeowners with Spanish-speaking contractors. It does this through an app where workers create a portfolio of their work.