Explore all of the CTC’s events around the state for prospective and current innovators looking to expand their skill set, receive guidance, network, or connect to the Wisconsin entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Seeking a speaker for an upcoming event? Our featured consultants are happy to travel throughout Wisconsin to help businesses along their innovation journey.
SBIR 101 Webinar
October 21, 2025 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...
SBIR 101 Webinar
November 18, 2025 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...
Intermediate Financial Management (ONLINE)
October 21, 2025 | 8:30AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
If you as an entrepreneur or business manager are looking for the answers and solutions to these sorts of questions and challenges, then this class is for you:
(1) How to read and understand financial information
(2) How to analyze financial information to improve business management d...
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Informational Session
October 29, 2025 | 5:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse
Topic: Start-up Assistance
Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin middle of November....
Introduction to Financial Management
November 3, 2025 | 4:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
Whether you are starting a new business or looking to organize your current business' finances, accurate financial information is one of the most valuable tools you have to drive success. This course seeks to set participants on the right path by providing a "101" overview of financial bookkeepin...
Navigating Uncertainty
November 4, 2025 | 1:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Topic: Managing a Business
In this 4-session program, enterprise leaders will develop different stories of how the future could unfold and craft strategies for addressing both planned and unplanned changes. From government policy shifts, emerging AI and automation impacts, and weather disruptions, to food safety protocols ...
2026 HR Trends
November 6, 2025 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Learn key HR trends for 2026 and how organizations are optimizing HR strategies to succeed in the new world of work.
Through their annual HR Trends Survey, QTI aims to provide businesses with critical HR insights by providing guidance on topics such as compensation, benefits, careers, empl...
Raising Equity for Food Businesses
November 18, 2025 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Topic: Financing
Learn more and register here.
Raising Equity is designed to help food and farm businesses successfully raise money, both debt and equity. Instructed by FFI Founder and Innovative Finance Expert, Tera Joh...
Building Your Site + Connecting with Content
November 18, 2025 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Marketing and Sales
WordPress provides software to self-host blogs and websites. This presentation will explain how to obtain a domain name, set up web hosting, set up email accounts, install WordPress and build a website. In addition, you will learn how to install plugins such as contact forms, e-commerce platforms...
Business Taxes 101: Navigating Self-Employment and Small Business Taxes for Beginners
November 19, 2025 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Tax Planning
Stepping into the world of business ownership brings with it the critical responsibility of understanding and managing business taxes. Whether you're a fledgling entrepreneur, a freelancer transitioning to a formal business entity, or a small business owner, grasping the basics of business taxati...
SHRM Learning System Certification Course
November 19, 2025 | 6:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
You are the future. Invest in yourself with SHRM certification.
Are you looking for help to navigate the increased demands on HR professionals? Become the most qualified and valuable HR professional you can be with SHRM certification.
The SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP®) and ...
FinanceEDGE: Turn Financial Data into Smart Decisions
December 8, 2025 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Financing
Ready to Diagnose and Strengthen Your Business Financials? This hands-on course introduces the FinanceEDGE Tool-a structured, four-step framework designed to help small business owners analyze financial health, identify root causes of financial stress, and implement actionable solutions. Whether ...
Food and Farm Consultant Webinar Series: Financing Alternative Ownership Models
December 8, 2025 | 1:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Learn more and register here.
The Food Finance Institute's quarterly webinar series aims to provide consultants and technical as...
Featured Consultants
Wisconsin CTC’s expert business consultants are always willing to share their knowledge with current and prospective innovation entrepreneurs. These consultants speak regularly at Wisconsin entrepreneurship events around the state and at national conferences focused on entrepreneurship and technology. Consultants are always looking to help entrepreneurs along their journey in any part of Wisconsin, so tap us to speak at your event at no cost to your organization. (But we wouldn’t turn down a free meal.)