Ranked #1
How James Phelps Grew His Own Construction Company
How James Phelps Grew His Own Construction Company
James Phelps thought about starting his own business for a long time. He turned the idea over and over in his mind while... Read more
2 Mar 2020
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14mins
Ranked #2
How Kevin Conroy Transformed Exact Sciences With Three Guiding Principles
How Kevin Conroy Transformed Exact Sciences With Three Guiding Principles
After successfully growing and steering the $582 million sale of Madison-based Third Wave Technologies, Kevin Conroy wen... Read more
28 May 2019
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17mins
Ranked #3
How Laura King Grew A Risky Startup While Following Her Passion For Clinical Care
How Laura King Grew A Risky Startup While Following Her Passion For Clinical Care
After graduating from the University of California, Davis with an economics degree, Laura King got a job in finance at G... Read more
18 Nov 2019
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17mins
Ranked #4
How Andy Nunemaker Went From Corporate Executive To Serial Entrepreneur
How Andy Nunemaker Went From Corporate Executive To Serial Entrepreneur
Milwaukee native Andy Nunemaker studied electrical engineering and business at some of our country’s top universities an... Read more
27 Jun 2019
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17mins
Ranked #5
How A Wisconsin Spine Surgeon Became A Successful Entrepreneur
How A Wisconsin Spine Surgeon Became A Successful Entrepreneur
Pete Ullrich was a young spine surgeon in Neenah, Wis., who wasn’t satisfied with the available tools. So he came up wit... Read more
23 Jul 2019
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16mins
Ranked #6
How Justin Beck Built A Mobile Game Studio That Partners With Disney
How Justin Beck Built A Mobile Game Studio That Partners With Disney
When Google and Microsoft came calling with the type of jobs many young computer engineering graduates look for, Justin ... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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17mins
Ranked #7
University Research & Startups Are 'Completely Synergistic,' says Entrepreneur Jignesh Patel
University Research & Startups Are 'Completely Synergistic,' says Entrepreneur Jignesh Patel
A native of Bombay, India, Jignesh Patel never touched a computer until he went to college. But he knew that computer sc... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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20mins
Ranked #8
How Craig Culver Built A Thriving Restaurant Chain
How Craig Culver Built A Thriving Restaurant Chain
After years of working day and night in his family’s businesses, Craig Culver decided he wanted to get out of the restau... Read more
27 Aug 2019
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19mins
Ranked #9
How Jerry Jendusa Changed The Way Airplane Cabins Are Lit
How Jerry Jendusa Changed The Way Airplane Cabins Are Lit
Jerry Jendusa grew up working in the Waukesha pharmacy his dad operated for 33 years. It was there where he learned abou... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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17mins
Ranked #10
How Loren Peterson Drove The Success Of A Drug Development Startup
How Loren Peterson Drove The Success Of A Drug Development Startup
Loren Peterson’s path to a successful startup company began on a Nebraska farm. It was a half-mile from the nearest neig... Read more
25 Mar 2020
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17mins