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Welcome to the Transcend Podcast - the show where we highlight the stories of student founders at UW–Madison, local entrepreneurs across the Midwest, and campus leaders shaping UW into a hub for entrepreneurship. This podcast is presented to you by Transcend UW. We are the nation’s largest student-run pitch competition and we also connect students with the resources and opportunities to create their own ventures. Last year was our 10th annual competition and we were able to award $50K in prize money. Check out our socials to learn more or join our executive team: Transcend UW Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/transcenduw Transcend IG: @transcenduw Transcend website: www.transcenduw.com/
Transcend UW hosts The Transcend Podcast, a business show with 13 episodes published.
Matthew Kee didn't plan on being an entrepreneur, but a five-year fintech journey with his father changed that. After UpperRoom Technology failed in 2019 — the same year he lost his father and co-founder to cancer — Matt
Arjay McCandless doesn't consider himself an influencer, but the personal brand he built on the side became an unfair advantage that redefined his career. Most software engineers spend their careers chasing the next prom
How do you go from scaling LinkedIn across Europe to tackling a $264 billion bottleneck in Madison, Wisconsin? Most founders start small and dream of reaching Big Tech. Kristin Isaac did the exact opposite. After a 20-ye
Aaryush Gupta is a serial entrepreneur and AI engineer who started day trading at 14, founded his first company at 16, and now serves as head of engineering at three companies — most notably Cylerity, a fintech/healthtec
In this episode, we sits down with Grant Watkins — founder turned venture capitalist at Generator, director of CS NEST at UW–Madison, and global startup ecosystem connector. Grant shares his journey from accidentally dis
A UW engineering student turned a frozen line at Whiskey Jack’s into a venture-backed tech company - this is how he did it. Max Schauff didn't wait for a degree to start LineLeap. He launched his MVP by standing in the f
We sat down with Jaxon Zemachson and Devin Mehta, who saw a gap at UW-Madison—while other Big 10 schools had established sports business conferences, UW didn’t. So instead of waiting, they built it themselves. Now, headi
From selling waffles at Mifflin as a UW-Madison student to landing product lines in Whole Foods and other major retailers, Sam Rockwell scaled a idea into a national brand - The Happi Co. Along the way, he and his cofoun
Forget the big-city VCs—the most crucial first check for a student startup is being written by Strato VC, a student-led fund operating right in the heart of Madison's entrepreneurial energy. In this episode, we sit down
Building a startup is one of the hardest things you can do. So is completing a medical residency. Our guest today is doing both at the same time. In this episode, we sit down with Christina Henderson, the founder of Reli
What happens when a group of students decide to turn a simple problem—students who want local jobs on campus—into a fast-scaling startup? In this episode, we sit down with Nick Lawton, CEO and founder of SideShift, to ta
In this episode, Trinity Krohn, a junior at UW–Madison and co-founder of the CampusConnect app, shares what she’s learned from starting three ventures: an Etsy slime shop, a dropshipping business, and now a growing app t
Ever wondered what startups are really looking for in their hires or how to land your first role at one? In this episode, Ben Lukszys shares his journey in UW-Madison’s entrepreneurial ecosystem including running a start
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