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The successes, failures, insights and opportunities that shape some of the Midwest’s most exciting entrepreneurs. Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with company founders who are taking risks, disrupting the status quo and driving economic growth in the region

WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR


    • Apr 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Real-time cancer detection: Brian Cunningham 

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    Gecko-inspired gripping technology: Nick Kuhn

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    Delivering genetic insights: Mike Klein

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    Unleashing the power of ultraviolet lasers: Gary Eden

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    Improving surgical magnification: Yang Liu and Douglas Carroll

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    Harnessing the power of the sun: Kieran Furlong

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 28:30


    Growing alternative proteins: John Pattison and Ian Johnson

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    Taking tech back to the farm: Tracey Wiedmeyer

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    Robotic assistant for cochlear implants: Marlan Hansen and Mike Lobinsky

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    Applying nano-optics to ultrasound: Lan Yang

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    DeepSight Technology's unique capabilities are improving medical imaging.

    Translating brain waves into insights: Ramses Alcaide

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    Smart bats and balls: Buddy Clark and CJ Handron

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 14:15


    Cleaning the world with mushrooms: Joanne Rodriguez

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    Lower costs and better patient experiences: Ben Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 28:30


    Marathon Health provides advanced primary care at health centers across the U.S.

    Making a difference in maternal health: Ann Holder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 14:37


    From semiconductors to startups: Eric Apfelbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 14:59


    Eric Apfelbach turned around two companies and led a publicly traded company.

    Improving the microbiome: Tim Brummels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 15:42


    Synbiotic Health makes clinically tested ingredients for gut and overall health.

    Pringles, Peapod and better health: Andrew Parkinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 13:52


    Sifter Solutions' AI-powered platform helps people find groceries.

    Dropping drones to build a tech company: Vishal Singh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 14:55


    Quantified Ag created ear tags to monitor cattle's body temperature and movement for illness.

    Developing new therapeutics: Aaron DiAntonio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 14:42


    Disarm Therapeutics' discoveries may yield breakthrough treatments.

    From investor to founder: Lauren Flanagan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 15:58


    Sesame Solar makes renewable, mobile nanogrids for emissions-free disaster response and off-grid power.

    Cobalt-less batteries and dinner with Al Gore: Jay Whitacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 16:36


    Stratus Materials creates novel materials for next gen batteries for electric vehicles.

    Managing pain: Maria Bennett

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 28:30


    SPR Therapeutics provides patients with a non-opioid, non-surgical, minimally-invasive pain treatment option.

    Destroying forever chemicals: Michelle Bellanca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 16:44


    How Claros Technologies is aims to rid the world of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Helping customers take control of their health: Alex Skryl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 14:43


    Assessing plants with AI and other technologies: Mark DeSantis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 16:20


    Improve the health and performance of specialty crops around the world through advanced tech.

    Managing production with cloud-based software: Sunny Han

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 16:59


    Connecting manufacturers with live data for faster decision-making and improved processes and products.

    Holograms and augmented reality in the surgical suite: Jennifer and Jon Silva

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 17:12


    The Silvas developed headsets to allow doctors to see the heart they're working on floating in front of them.

    Making diesel engines run cleaner: BJ Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 15:30


    How a company's work is transforming diesel to use clean-burning, renewable, alternative fuels.

    Making image-based AI better, faster, cheaper: Corey Jaskolski

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 28:30


    After exploring all seven continents and dozens of countries, Corey Jaskolski started Synthetaic to create the ChatGPT of image data in Wisconsin.

    Translating data science into startups: Arnab Nandi

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 13:20


    Helping companies keep track of software subscriptions: Eric Christopher

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 15:09


    Eric Christopher founded Zylo and, in the process, invented the category of software subscription management.

    Breakthrough science driving a cleaner tomorrow: Jian-Ping Wang

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 13:53


    Jian-Ping Wang's years of research paid off when the world's first ever earth-free magnet was developed.

    Wirelessly powering phones, headsets and other devices: Jacob Babcock

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 17:29


    Jacob Babcock and his team are helping to free us from cords and make wireless charging more prevalent.

    Providing virtual, pediatric mental health services: Monika Roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 14:55


    Mapping neighborhoods across the country: Cory Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 13:18


    Cory Scott stumbled into a pitch contest and emerged with first place, a pre-paying customer and the beginnings of LiveBy.

    Forecasting weather better with technology and radars: Chris Goode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 15:45


    Chris Goode leaned on 30 years of work experience in weather to start his company, Climavision, which raised $100 million out of the gate to improve weather forecast speed and accuracy.

    Listening in at scale to health care providers' customer conversations: Amy Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 15:50


    Amy Brown quit her high-level executive job to start her own venture that helps companies to improve customer relationships and profitability.

    Overcoming nerdy preoccupations to steer startup sales: Ben Schmidt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 14:50


    After focusing on scalability and profitability Ben Schmidt's Pittsburg-based Roadbotics, which provides image analysis of road infrastructure, was acquired by Michelin in 2022.

    Paying forward 20 years of founding, funding and running startups: Jen Baird

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 14:45


    After founding four companies, including Ann Arbor-based Accuri Cytometers, which was acquired in 2010 for $205 million, Jen Baird is now she's helping other young startups grow.

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