10/20/2026
Helping Entrepreneurs access the resources they need to succeed is a special part of what we do at the Eau Claire Area EDC! Join us at Chippewa Valley Startup Dat for a full day of resources, connection, and helpful tools built to jumpstart your startup. Registration is open and free to the public! 📈
For about eight years, Startup Chippewa Valley Week was the largest annual entrepreneurship event in the region, coinciding with the statewide Startup Wisconsin initiative. For the first time in a decade, the latter is taking a pause — but locals can still get an entrepreneurial jumpstart come November.
The Eau Claire Economic Development Corporation (EDC) may not be hosting a full week’s worth of events, but it will pack five events and activities into one day as part of the first-time Chippewa Valley Startup Day on Nov. 5.
“Most entrepreneurs are great at what they originally set out to do,” said Luke Hanson, executive director of the Eau Claire EDC. “But thinking they would also be an expert in accounting, patent law, foreign markets, online retail and so on is really tough to come by.
“That is where the EDC steps in, to make those connections and get the help the entrepreneur really needs in order to succeed."
🔗 Read more: https://volumeone.org/articles/2026/10/12/404748-inaugural-startup-chippewa-valley-day-slated-for-nov-5
