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.
Finance Sources & Uses of Capital for Food & Farm Businesses
November 19, 2025 | 9:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Topic: Financing
Learn more and register here.
For growing food and farm enterprises, understanding and securing the right capital is the most critical factor for successful scale. This essential session, de...
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
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The Food Finance Institute's quarterly webinar series aims to provide consultants and technical as...
Funding Your Farm's Future
December 10, 2025 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget
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Instructor: FFI Farm Program Manager Andy Larson
- Choose your best financing options
- Improve your loan or grant application
- Negotiat...
Raising Equity for Food Businesses
January 8, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Food Finance Institute
Topic: Financing
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Instructor: FFI Innovative Finance Expert Tera Johnson
Raising Equity is designed to help food and farm businesses successfully raise money, both debt and equity. Ins...
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.)
Todd Strother, Ph.D
Senior Technology Consultant
Rob Baranowski, MS, JD
Technology Consultant