Working in partnership with WiSys, UW-Stout's Center for Innovation & Development provides emerging student entrepreneurs with the means and mentorship turn ideas into innovation. Bring your big ideas to UW-Stout, and we'll prepare you for success on a bigger stage at local and statewide idea competitions.
Learn More about the Center for Innovation & Development
Earn a resume-boosting Innovative Thinking Badge through participation in a five-week hybrid learning experience. Learn innovation skills and entrepreneurship thinking, regardless of your field. Everyone is qualified to join, even if you don’t have a business idea yet!
Time commitment: Approx. 2.5 hours per week.
Innovation On-Ramp Sessions have concluded for 2023.
The WiSys Big Idea Tournament is an entrepreneurship competition open to undergraduate and graduate students attending any of the Universities of Wisconsin (except UW-Madison). The competition teaches cutting-edge lean startup business development tools, provides business mentorship, and allows participants to compete at a state level for a chance to win seed funding for their idea.