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Sam Lukach ’13 is entering his
senior year at UW-Whitewater.
He started HUK TV Mounts
out of his dorm room.

Photos by Angela Major from Gazettextra.com

INNOVATING STRAIGHT OUT OF CMH

Sam Lukach ’13

College residence hall rooms are tiny, and when HUK TV Mounts continues to grow, with Sam as
Sam Lukach was looking to use the small space in the CEO and founder of the company running it
his University of Wisconsin-Whitewater room more while finishing a communications major and an
efficiently, the idea of HUK TV Mounts came to him. entrepreneurship minor.

“You can plan all you want, but until you try, “Anyone can do what I did, you don’t have to be a
rocket scientist. You can plan all you want, but
you will never know what you’re able to gain!” until you try, you will never know what you’re able

to gain. That was probably the biggest thing I got

Sam was struggling to find a place to hang his out of my time at CMH and that continues to
television. With a simple construction of hooked guide me.”

metal and some screws, he was able to hang it on HUK TV Mounts is expanding rapidly and just
his lofted bed. He realized the demand for the signed a million-plus dollar deal with a large
product when friends on his floor wanted to buy medical company. Sam and his team designed a
his new TV mount within 20 minutes of hanging it. tablet stand that will be used in examination

In December 2015, Sam won first place at the rooms at hospitals around the country.

CEO national conference in Kansas City, Missouri, Sam plans to keep up with his business, but has
for his HUK TV Mounts business. He finished in the been bitten by the “entrepreneur bug” and is
top three in the nation at a competition in Chicago excited to see what else the future will bring!
and took home a $2,000 prize. Daymond John

from the TV show Shark Tank was one of the

judges (photo left).

“The IB Business classes I took my junior and

senior years at Catholic Memorial were pivotal in

helping me start my own business,” Sam said.

“One of the key things we were taught is when

you have an idea, just take the chance and do it!

CMH put things into perspective by shaping the

curriculum to teach us how to comprise a

structured plan, implement it and then accomplish

your goal. Although it felt like a lot of pressure

back then, I really feel like it prepared me for the

real world and helped me and is helping me now.” Search “HUK TV Mounts” on YouTube

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