Build Force: Building Wisconsin’s Next Generation of Founders

100state’s Build Force initiative is designed to strengthenWisconsin’s entrepreneurial pipeline by helping people move fromideas to action, skills to opportunity, and early-stage concepts to sustainable businesses.

Entrepreneurs are a critical part of a strong regional economy, but manypromising founders lack access to the networks, practical skills, mentorship,capital, and hands-on experience needed to turn an idea into a viable company.Build Force is designed to close that gap.

Through a combination of entrepreneurship education, applied learning,mentorship, community, and direct connections to Wisconsin’s startup ecosystem,Build Force will create clearer pathways for individuals to explore entrepreneurship,develop marketable skills, launch new ventures, and grow existing businesses.

The program builds on 100state’s role as a front door to entrepreneurship—creating an accessible place where aspiring founders, experienced entrepreneurs,students, professionals, investors, educators, and community partners can connectand build together.

Our goal is straightforward:develop more capable founders, create stronger companies, and expand theentrepreneurial workforce that will drive Wisconsin’s next generation of economic growth.