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.

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.

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

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.

Heimie’s Haberdashery gives its customers a shopping experience of nearly 100 years ago, a time when the department store served as the cultural hub of a city.

Leeore Levinstein, Elizabeth Alonzi, Jesse Abelson, three members of the five-person Vetiver Solutions team, competed against 24 other undergraduate entrepreneurial student teams from across the United States in e-Fest 2018 at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas.

A place that can only be described as Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory meets Pee-wee’s Playhouse. At Can Can Wonderland you can play mini-golf, drink boozy milkshakes, learn to tap dance and earn a high score on one of many vintage arcade games. But this mini-golf wonderland is far from your typical wacky roadside attraction—every hole and every decoration was designed and created by local artists.

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.