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Fueling Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial spirit: BizStarts Midwest Visiting Professors Symposium
18 Nov 2025
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On Sept. 26, entrepreneurs, educators, and community leaders gathered in Milwaukee for the Midwest Visiting Professors Symposium (MVPS), an event hosted by BizStarts. Designed to bring world-class entrepreneurship education directly to local business owners, the symposium showcased just how vital Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is to helping businesses start, grow, and thrive.
The event featured TED-style masterclasses led by nationally recognized professors, including Michael Morris of the University of Notre Dame, Ted Zoller of the University of North Carolina, Sara Cochran of Indiana University, Lois Shelton of California State University Northridge (CSUN) Nazarian College of Business and Economics, Jonathan Shirley of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Charles Inokon of Duke University, Howard Jean-Denis of Morehouse College, and Sher Gibbs of Morehouse College. Topics ranged from leveraging resources beyond financing to building customer-funded businesses—demonstrating that success in entrepreneurship is about strategy, support, and resilience.
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