Wisconsin School of Business
Projects
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Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE)
The Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) course provides graduate students with a applied practicum in starting and growing entrepreneu...
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Small Business Development Center at UW-Madison
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Madison has helped create and grow successful businesses since 1979. The SBDC staff of experienced...
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Small Business Development Center Assistance to Platypus Technologies, LLC
Dr. Barbara Israel of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine formed Platypus Technologies, a company focused on the development of liquid crystal detect...
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Center for Professional and Executive Development
The Center for Professional and Executive Development's mission is to help individuals and organizations through the professional and market transitio...
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Urban Entrepreneur Partnership
The goal of the Center on Business and Poverty, an initiative of the UW-Madison School of Business, is to support and disseminate high-quality researc...
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Applied Learning Projects (ALPs) for Arts Administration MBA Students
MBA students in the Arts Administration program participate in hands-on projects with leading nonprofit arts and cultural institutions and statewide m...
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Family Business Center (FBC)
The Family Business Center (FBC) helps family business owners, their families and employees maintain profitable businesses and successfully transfer c...
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Center on Business and Poverty - Associated Projects
The goal of the Center on Business and Poverty, an initiative of the Wisconsin School of Business, is to support ways in which employers can help impr...
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Building the Case for FRESH Food in Southern Wisconsin
Farmers Raising Ecologically Sustainable, Healthy Food, or FRESH Food Connection, is a newly formed cooperative of community supported agriculture far...
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Growing the EnAct Program, A Business Plan for Social Sustainability
The goal of this project was to develop a business plan that outlines the sustainable growth of Madison Environmental Group, Inc.’s EnAct Steps to Gre...
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What can a laundry business do to improve their "green quotient"?
Lazybones, Inc. is a student-orientated pick-up laundry and dry cleaning service with locations in Madison, Boulder, Boston and others. Many of their...
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Analysis of Socially Responsible Investing as an Investment Strategy
Since 1974, Madison Investment Advisors, Inc. has served investment management clients with a sound blend of investment philosophy and process, discip...
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Springs Window Fashions - Sustainability
Springs is the largest provider of residential window coverings in this country. Over the last few years, the Gen Bus 601 class has done a number of...
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Chamber of Sustainability, Inc. Rating System for Sustainable Companies
The Chamber of Sustainability’s mission is to foster dialogue between organizations working towards sustainability practices. The development of a nat...
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F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture: Market Viability Proposal
F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture has been a student organization on the UW-Madison campus since 1979. Since being granted funds from the...
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Fitchburg Fields Marketing Plan
The mission of Fitchburg Fields is to promote sustainable living, especially regionally-based food systems, across the United States - primarily by cr...
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Enterprise MBA Programs
Enterprise MBA programs are the Evening and Executive MBA programs designed for working professionals. The majority of the students and alums of the p...
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Project Teach Sustainability: Spring Harbor
As a business class focused on sustainability, students from our class worked in teams to develop a lesson plan and teach various topics of sustainabi...
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Project Teach Sustainability: IMMS
As a business class focused on sustainability, students from our class worked in teams to develop a lesson plan and teach various topics of sustainabi...
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Entrepreneurial Management Venture Analysis Program - Wisconsin School of Business
MBA students in teams of three to four students work with a local or regional small business or non-profit (less than 50 employees) in Dane County to...
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Wisconsin Corporate Executive MBA Program at Kohl’s Corporation
The Wisconsin School of Business offers a Corporate Executive MBA program for Kohl’s employees at Kohl’s corporate headquarters in Menomonee Falls. Ko...
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Wisconsin MBA Evening Program
The Wisconsin MBA Evening Program is a program that provides the opportunity to obtain an MBA degree while continuing to work. Students come to Madiso...
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Wisconsin MBA Executive Program
The Wisconsin MBA Executive program offers professionals in the state the opportunity to obtain an MBA degree while continuing to work. Executives fro...
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Sustainable Springs Window Fashions
Springs Window Fashions produces blinds, shades, and drapery which have sustainable qualities. One of these qualities is heat retention/blockage, and...
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Lands’ End-Solar Hot Water Energy
The overall goal of this project was to provide new and realistic ideas for energy efficient facilities at the Lands’ End headquarters in Dodgeville,...
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Land’s End- Calculating a Carbon Footprint
Students were tasked with finding a way to measure the carbon footprint of products from Lands' End. A follow up question was asked on whether Lands’...
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Lands' End- Sustainable Clothing Dyes Project
Students were asked to consider whether Lands' End should use alternative more environmentally friendly dyes in their products. Lands' End provided th...
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Greening of Willy St.
Students were tasked with creating ideas for "greening" Williamson St. here in Madison. This street, also known as Willy St., is slated for reconstruc...
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Partnerships for Sustainability Project
Partnerships for Sustainability (PFS) is a nonprofit organization designed to provide businesses of 250 employees or less in Southeastern Wisconsin wi...
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Supervisory Leadership Series
The Supervisory Leadership Series, held on the UW-Madison campus through the Small Business Development Center, is designed to offer core supervisory...
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High Performance Leadership Series
The High Performance Leadership Series, held on the UW-Madison campus through the Small Business Development Center, is designed for people that are l...
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People and Communication Skills Series
The People and Communication Skills Series, held on the UW-Madison campus through the Small Business Development Center, is designed for business lead...
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Financial Management Series
The Financial Management Series, held on the UW-Madison campus through the Small Business Development Center, teaches people how to set up financial r...
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WI Sustainable Business Green Masters Program
The WI Sustainable Business Green Masters Program (Green Masters Program), launched in December 2009, is an objective, points based certification pro...
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Business, Environment & Social Responsibility Program (BESR)
The Business, Environment & Social Responsibility Program (BESR) is housed within the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
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Small Business Venture Development Plans
For over 40 years, the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship has prepared Venture Development Plans for small businesses and non-profit organizations th...
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Jobs for Wisconsin Grads
All 13 UW-System four-year institutions are part of a partnership that allows an employer to post a job opening once and that position will be sent to...
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Nonprofit Board Leadership and Development
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate students to serve on nonprofit boards, learn about the roles and responsibilities of bo...
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Strategic Impact Consulting Projects
2nd year Bolz Center for Arts Administration MBA students, in the Wisconsin School of Business, serve statewide communities and their creative organiz...
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Gener8tor
Started in Wisconsin, gener8tor is a nationally ranked seed investment fund and business accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. The company...