Startup Wisconsin Podcast

About Startup Wisconsin Podcast

Discover the untold stories of innovation across Wisconsin's growing tech startup ecosystem. From Madison to Milwaukee and everywhere in between, we go behind the scenes with the founders, investors, and community builders shaping Wisconsin's entrepreneurial future. Each episode features in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs who are leveraging Wisconsin's unique advantages to build sustainable, impactful companies across industries like healthcare, manufacturing, and agriculture. You'll hear from ecosystem builders creating opportunities statewide, investors backing the next generation of Wisconsin companies, and community leaders connecting talent, resources, and ideas. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, seasoned founder, or simply curious about Wisconsin's startup scene, this podcast showcases the real stories of innovation happening right in our backyard.

Publisher

Startup Wisconsin, Jacob Miller

Category

business · business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Aug 2025

Latest episode

1 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Why She Left the C-Suite to Fix Caregiving in Wisconsin, with Rukmini Banerjee

   Rukmini Banerjee never planned to start a company, until an article about the toll of caregiving made her realize her sister in Melbourne was carrying it alone. She joins Jacob Miller to talk about CuroNow, the Madison startup she built to give families one shared place for caring for an aging parent.

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   No Fees, No Equity: How Creative Destruction Lab Builds Startups in Wisconsin, with Kai Heineman

   Creative Destruction Lab takes no fees, no equity, and no IP from the seed-stage startups it works with. Kai Heineman, who leads its health and wellness stream at UW-Madison, explains how the accelerator actually works and why it chose Wisconsin.

3. 

   30 Jun 2026

   How Forward BIOLABS Gives Wisconsin's Biotech Founders a Running Start with Jessica Martin Eckerly

   In this episode, we sit down with Jessica Martin Eckerly, CEO and Co-Founder of Forward BIOLABS, to explore how Wisconsin is building infrastructure that helps biotech founders get started. Jessica shares how Forward BIOLABS began as a small experiment supporting a UW-Madison collaborator who needed lab space, and how it scaled into a nonprofit co-working lab model now supporting early-stage biotech companies in Madison and Milwaukee.

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