Daniel (Dan) Olszewski

Dan Olszewski is the Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

He teaches the capstone Entrepreneurship WAVE course and was one of the co-founders of the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp(WEB) program for UW graduate students enrolled in the sciences and engineering.

Prior to joining the UW, Olszewski was CEO and Chairman of Parts Now! during which time revenues increased from $26MM to over $400MM from the organic growth of Parts Now! and the acquisition of Katun Corp. With the assistance of private equity sponsors, he led the successful buyout of the founder in 1999.

Before joining Parts Now! Olszewski was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, with a focus on strategy, supply chain, technology and finance. He has also worked for IBM, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance in Tokyo.

Olszewski currently serves on the board of First Business Bank, Inc. and the Henry Vilas Zoological Society. He has previous served on the boards of Parts Now! LLC, Sologear LLC, World Data Products, Inc., and Wisconsin Public Television.

Olszewski graduated from UW-Madison with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Computer Science, and received an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Presentations

( 2017 ) Startup & Social Entrepreneurship Trends in US

2015 Annual Meeting of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers ( 2015 ) New Approaches to Fostering Tech Commercialization & STEM Faculty

Economic Development Forum: Growing Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin ( 2015 ) Improving Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin-Panel

Economic Development Forum: Growing Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin ( 2015 ) Improving Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin-Panel

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Management (MHR 322 Section 001), Fall 2015.

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Management (MHR 322 Section 001), Fall 2016.

Fundamentals of Management, Marketing & Eship (BUS 311 Section 1), Spring 2014.

Fundamentals of Business for Non-Business Majors (BUS 311 Section 1), Spring 2011.

Fundamentals of Management and (BUS 311 Section 1), Spring 2012.

Fundamentals of Management, Marketing & Eship (BUS 311 Section 1), Spring 2013.

Graduate Courses

Contemporary Topics (MHR 765 Section 4), Fall 2014.

Contemporary Topics (MHR 765 Section 003), Fall 2015.

Contemporary Topics (MHR 765 Section 003), Fall 2016.

Contemporary Topics (MHR 765 Section 5), Fall 2013.

Entrepreneurial Finance (FIN 757 Section 1), Fall 2012.

Entrepreneurial Finance (FIN 757 Section 30), Fall 2012.

Mergers and Acquisitions (FIN 750), Fall 2005.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2014.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) (MHR 738 Section 001), Spring 2015.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) (MHR 738 Section 001), Spring 2016.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum II (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2009.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum II (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2010.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum II (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2011.

Weinert Applied Ventures in En (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2012.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2013.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum II (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum II (MHR 738 Section 1), Spring 2008.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum I (MHR 737 Section 1), Fall 2008.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum I (MHR 737 Section 1), Fall 2009.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum I (MHR 737), Fall 2006.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum I (MHR 737 Section 1), Fall 2010.

Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship(WAVE) Practicum I (MHR 737 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Combined Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Applied Corporate Finance I (FIN/FIN 850/365 Section 1), Fall 2014.

Contemporary Topics (FIN/FIN 365/851 Section 001), Spring 2015.

Professional Organizations

MERLIN