How Did You Do That?

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How Did You Do That?

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.

  1. 03/14/2022

    Introducing 'Midwest Moxie'

    Introducing Midwest Moxie, a new podcast about the successes, failures, insights and opportunities that shape some of the Midwest’s most exciting entrepreneurs.

    29 min

  2. 03/30/2021

    How Chris Salm Went From Sausage Making To Commercializing University Research

    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.

    14 min

  3. 01/06/2021

    How Rock Mackie Improved Radiation Therapy And Grew Successful Companies

    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.

    16 min

  4. 11/23/2020

    How Glen Tullman Uses Digital Solutions To Address Health Care Challenges

    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.

    17 min

  5. 10/26/2020

    How Lori Cross Drove Innovation Inside Corporations By Thinking Big & Acting Small

    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.

    17 min

  6. 09/24/2020

    How John Splude Built A Software Company Out Of A Public Accounting Career

    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.

    18 min

  7. 08/28/2020

    How Robert Jordan Went From Truck Driver To Entrepreneur

    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.

    17 min

  8. 07/28/2020

    How Ralph Kauten Leans Into Life Sciences Market Trends

    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.

    18 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © WUWM
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    How Did You Do That?

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