What does it take for an entrepreneur to go from an idea to a successful startup? Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with Wisconsin entrepreneurs about how — and why — they've succeeded.How Did You Do That? is no longer being updated, check out Midwest Moxie.
What does it take for an entrepreneur to go from an idea to a successful startup? Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with Wisconsin entrepreneurs about how — and why — they've succeeded.
21 Available Episodes (21 Total)Average duration: 00:17:57
Mar 14, 2022
Introducing 'Midwest Moxie'
00:29:23
Introducing Midwest Moxie, a new podcast about the successes, failures, insights and opportunities that shape some of the Midwest’s most exciting entrepreneurs.
Mar 30, 2021
How Chris Salm Went From Sausage Making To Commercializing University Research
00:13:43
On the latest installment of our series on entrepreneurship, How Did You Do That?, host Kathleen Gallagher speaks with Chris Salm about how he went from working at several large food companies to commercializing research out of UW-Madison.
Jan 06, 2021
How Rock Mackie Improved Radiation Therapy And Grew Successful Companies
00:15:39
Rock Mackie is a medical physicist who invented a safer type of therapeutic radiation, called tomotherapy, that delivers less radiation with just as much effectiveness. It has saved many lives.
Nov 23, 2020
How Glen Tullman Uses Digital Solutions To Address Health Care Challenges
00:17:00
Glen Tullman has an undergraduate degree in economics and psychology, spent a year in Oxford, England studying social anthropology, lived for a year with the Amish, and is a highly successful software entrepreneur. He's founded, grown or invested in more than 20 businesses.
Oct 26, 2020
How Lori Cross Drove Innovation Inside Corporations By Thinking Big & Acting Small
00:17:14
Lori Cross dropped out of her all-girls’ high school in Michigan because there wasn’t enough physics and math to keep her challenged. Technical college was a little better, but Cross found her place at Northwestern University, where she got a degree in chemical engineering and became the first woman to play ice hockey on a men’s NCAA team.
Sep 24, 2020
How John Splude Built A Software Company Out Of A Public Accounting Career
00:18:22
John Splude began his career in public accounting, auditing some of the biggest companies in the area. But he stayed involved with his firm’s smaller clients along with the Fortune 50 companies. And he became more and more interested in the operations side of the businesses.
Aug 28, 2020
How Robert Jordan Went From Truck Driver To Entrepreneur
00:16:50
Robert Jordan spent 20 years as a trucker, driving loads of cheese and other dairy products across the country. Over the miles he educated himself by listening to books on tape and spent hours thinking about how to solve some of the problems he encountered on the road.
Jul 28, 2020
How Ralph Kauten Leans Into Life Sciences Market Trends
00:17:53
Ralph Kauten is a true serial entrepreneur. He co-founded two life sciences companies that sold for a combined $200-plus million and was involved very early in three more. The biggest of those, Promega, has about $450 million of revenue and operations around the world.
Mar 25, 2020
How Loren Peterson Drove The Success Of A Drug Development Startup
00:17:12
Loren Peterson’s path to a successful startup company began on a Nebraska farm. It was a half-mile from the nearest neighbor, 1 mile from where his Swedish ancestors homesteaded, and several miles from the closest town of 600 people. He spent a lot of time hanging out with his two siblings, stacking hay and irrigating cornfields in 100-degree heat, and reading books from the school library and the Bookmobile.
Mar 02, 2020
How James Phelps Grew His Own Construction Company
00:14:09
James Phelps thought about starting his own business for a long time. He turned the idea over and over in his mind while: learning about the trades at Milwaukee Tech, working in the Milwaukee Public School district's facilities department, rehabbing houses on the side, getting his undergraduate degree in finance and finishing a commercial real estate certificate program.
Mar 14 | 00:29:23
Introducing 'Midwest Moxie'
Mar 30 | 00:13:43
How Chris Salm Went From Sausage Making To Commercializing University Research
Jan 06 | 00:15:39
How Rock Mackie Improved Radiation Therapy And Grew Successful Companies
Nov 23 | 00:17:00
How Glen Tullman Uses Digital Solutions To Address Health Care Challenges
Oct 26 | 00:17:14
How Lori Cross Drove Innovation Inside Corporations By Thinking Big & Acting Small
Sep 24 | 00:18:22
How John Splude Built A Software Company Out Of A Public Accounting Career
Aug 28 | 00:16:50
How Robert Jordan Went From Truck Driver To Entrepreneur
Jul 28 | 00:17:53
How Ralph Kauten Leans Into Life Sciences Market Trends
Mar 25 | 00:17:12
How Loren Peterson Drove The Success Of A Drug Development Startup
Mar 02 | 00:14:09
How James Phelps Grew His Own Construction Company
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