Wisconsin entrepreneurship

Yes, Wisconsin has more to offer than food and beverages. It has startups too, says TechCrunch, which if mostly pretty valley-centric in it’s tech coverage (not without reason though). But it’s nice to seeing Wisconsin getting some deserved attention.

As mentioned in the article I did not know that Forbes ranked Madison as the 7th most innovate city in the country, but it is not at all surprising. As a student at UW it’s pretty easy to see the cornucopia of offerings in terms of resources, support and overall encouragement to start a business venture. From contests, classes, departments, subsidized spaces available, seminars, events, and more. And that’s just the university affiliated stuff, which is complemented by many entrepreneurial networking groups, mentoring services, governmental programs and angel investors.

It really is an active, multi-faceted community of people perusing that entrepreneurial urge.