Inventors & Entrepreneurs
Grant County Inventors & Entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin rural landscape supports a high number of inventors and entrepreneurs. To be successful, these individuals need substantial technical, educational, social and community support. UWEX Grant County is working with inventors, entrepreneurs, and economic development experts to provide that support. The following information may be helpful to you, more information is available from Todd Johnson, Grant County CRD Agent at 723-2125 or email Todd at todd.johnson@ces.uwex.edu.
Resources from past Grant County I & E Club events:
- Get Online
- Putting My Business Online - Greg Johll, Director, UW Extension Technology Services
- Get on Google Maps & How to QR Code - Phil Swanson, Technology Trainier, UW Platteville
- Where is My Website & Promoting Your Enterprise - Mike Steffel, Web Developer & Programmer, SW Technical College
- Planning for Business - “Corn Maze or Harvest? Why Pick”
- Phil Jackson - Jobs Counselor, Southern Wisconsin Region, Small Business Development Center
- Financing & Grants
- Ed White - Economic Development Planner & Director, SWWRPC & Platteville Business Incubator, Inc.,
- Prototype Development
- Scott Fulton – Biosystems Development, Founder, CEO and Board Member
- Marketing
- George Krueger - Assistant Professor of Marketing, UW Platteville
- Market Research
- Les Hollingsworth – Assistant Professor of Marketing, UW Platteville
- Protecting Innovation
- Jeffery Glazer- Attorney, UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic
- James Altweis - Director, Horticulturalist of Gorst Valley Hops
- Patents. Copyrights & Trademarks
- Erin Ogden - Attorney, Murphy Desmond S.C.
Other I & E Resources:
- Wisconsin’s Entrepreneur Network (WEN)
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)
- Small Business Development Administration (SBA)
- Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC)
- Southwest Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SWSBDC)
- Southwest Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP)
- Grant County Economic Development Corporation (GCEDC)
- SCORE (Local Chapters):
