27 Apr UW entrepreneurial awardees model innovation, shape Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Chancellor Mnookin with the winners of the Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards. Left to right are iAnne Smith, Winslow Sargeant, Mnookin, Tyler Kennedy, and Wesley Schroll. PHOTO BY ANDY MANIS
Four outstanding innovators have received the 2023 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards. Established in 2011, the awards recognize individuals with ties to the University of Wisconsin–Madison who further the Wisconsin Idea through outstanding accomplishments in entrepreneurship. Honorees have achieved entrepreneurial success that contributes to economic growth and social good, offers models for the UW community and inspires the campus culture of entrepreneurship.
“Entrepreneurship has a pivotal place in UW–Madison’s culture and our execution of the Wisconsin Idea,” said Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin. “This year, we celebrate how UW alumni, students and faculty shape the entrepreneurial ecosystem and drive the economy in our state and beyond. From a pair of student founders who created the country’s fastest-growing digital rewards and marketing platform; to an electrical engineering PhD who built a far-reaching career as an entrepreneur, executive and small business advocate; to a lawyer whose teaching and service influenced a generation of entrepreneurs, these exceptional individuals are models for our campus, alumni, and community.”
The Office of the Chancellor, in partnership with the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, recognized the 2023 recipients of Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards during the annual awards event on April 27.