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![AlphaSmart & Root-1: How to Build a Company to $40 Million & Take it Public -with Manish Kothari [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/manishkothariprofilepic.jpeg)
AlphaSmart & Root-1: How to Build a Company to $40 Million & Take it Public -with Manish Kothari [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
Manish Kothari was co-founder of AlphaSmart Inc, an education technology company that he helped build into a $40MM business. He was part of the executive team in AlphaSmart’s IPO and the subsequent acquisition by Renaissance Learning.
He was also co-founder of Root-1, Inc. which was acquired by Edmodo which provides students and teachers a free and easy way to connect and collaborate.
![LSB Unlimited: How to Grow a Startup to $80 Million & 150 Employees -w/ Laurie Benson [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lauriebensonprofilepic.jpeg)
LSB Unlimited: How to Grow a Startup to $80 Million & 150 Employees -w/ Laurie Benson [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
Laurie Benson co founded Inacom Information Systems in 1984 and ran it for 25 years. She grew the startup to $80M with 150+ employees. She successfully exited the company to CoreBTS in 2009.
She served on 7 corporate boards and founded LSB Unlimited where she advises CEO’s, Presidents and Entrepreneurs.
![TurboTap & Murfie: How to Solve the Bottleneck & Get into Stadiums Everywhere -with Matthew Younkle [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneurs]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/matthewyounkleprofilepic.jpeg)
TurboTap & Murfie: How to Solve the Bottleneck & Get into Stadiums Everywhere -with Matthew Younkle [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneurs]
Matt Younkle is the Inventor of the TurboTap beer dispensing technology that pours beer up to 4 times faster than conventional taps and wastes less due to reduced over-foaming and spillage. Many stadiums across the US use the technology including Wrigley Field, White Sox Stadium & many more.
It was Popular Science – Top Product of the Year and TIME Magazine Best Inventions of the Year.
![How to Lead Companies like Mattel, Sega, Leapfrog to Success -with Tom Kalinske [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tomkalinskeprofilepic.png)
How to Lead Companies like Mattel, Sega, Leapfrog to Success -with Tom Kalinske [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
Tom Kalinske was CEO of Mattel, CEO of Sega, & CEO of Leapfrog, the largest educational toy company in the world.
He has helped build some of the best known brands for kids including Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Sega Genesis, Sonic the Hedgehog, & many more.
![Fit Moms For Life: How to Explode in the Media -with Dustin Maher [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dustinmaherprofilepic.jpeg)
Fit Moms For Life: How to Explode in the Media -with Dustin Maher [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
Dustin Maher is called America’s Trainer to Moms and has appeared on network television over 100 times . He owns and operates 5 fitness locations and started 90 Fit Mom for Life groups all over North America. He is the author of Fit Moms for Life: How to Have Endless Energy to Outplay Your Kids and has produced 50 home workout DVDs as well as the documentary Fit Moms for Life: one in a million.
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![Lands’ End: How to Grow Companies Online, Triple Renewal Rates, Add $8million in a quarter -with Michael Smith [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/michaelsmithprofilepic.png)
Lands’ End: How to Grow Companies Online, Triple Renewal Rates, Add $8million in a quarter -with Michael Smith [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
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Michael Smith is one of the top business leaders. He has a proven track record in e-commerce and direct marketing that spans more than a quarter century.
Michael’s positions: CEO of Lands End in 1994, CEO of LifeSketch in 1999, President of Nordstrom.com 2000, etc.
![U. of Wisconsin-Madison: How to Lead a Company to a Successful Buyout -with Dan Olszewski [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/danolszewskiprofilepic.png)
U. of Wisconsin-Madison: How to Lead a Company to a Successful Buyout -with Dan Olszewski [Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series]
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Dan Olszewski has been the Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business for the past 8 years.
Prior to joining UW-Madison, Dan was CEO and Chairman of Parts Now! during which time revenues increased from $26MM to over $400MM and he led the successful buyout in 1999.
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![InformationExperts.com: How to Create an Exceptional Advisory Board, Beating Cancer, & Her Bucket List -with Marissa Levin [Big Lessons]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/marissalevinceoprofilepic.png)
InformationExperts.com: How to Create an Exceptional Advisory Board, Beating Cancer, & Her Bucket List -with Marissa Levin [Big Lessons]
Marissa Levin has spent the last 20 years turning her company Information Experts into a multi-million dollar communications & education firm. Hear the up and down stories, her bucket list, & the one strategy that has made the biggest impact on the growth of her multi-million-dollar business…how to create an exceptional advisory board.
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![MastermindTalks: Growth at the End of Your Comfort Zone -with Jayson Gaignard [Life Lessons]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jaysongaignardprofilepic.jpeg)
MastermindTalks: Growth at the End of Your Comfort Zone -with Jayson Gaignard [Life Lessons]
Jayson Gaignard is the founder of Mastermind Talks, an annual invite only event for elite entrepreneurs such as Tim Ferriss, Marc Ecko, and many more . Listen to his journey of Mastermind Talks and building ticketscanada to $6million in revenue. Also hear how that business left him a quarter million dollars in debt and much more.
![Olympic Gold Medalist: How to Become Best in the World? -with BJ Bedford Miller [Inspiring Stories]](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bjbedfordmillerprofilepic.jpeg)
Olympic Gold Medalist: How to Become Best in the World? -with BJ Bedford Miller [Inspiring Stories]
BJ Bedford Miller is an Olympic Gold Medalist and Former World Record Holder. What does it take to become best in the world?
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