Entrepreneurship & Small Business

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Carol Ann Schneider believes in goal-setting and working hard until it’s done. It’s that kind of tenacity that propelled...

Wendy Baumann, president and chief visionary officer of the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp., is the recipient of the...

Ben Caya President, Spike Brewing Milwaukee www.spikebrewing.com Employees: 11 Milwaukee-based Spike Brewing has become one of the top three homebrewing equipment companies in the...

Tami Gemmell opened Azana Salon and Spa in March 2000. Today, the 9,000-square-foot facility is the largest full-service salon and day spa in the Brookfield area. This October marks five years since Gemmell and the employees at Azana Salon and Spa suffered an unspeakable tragedy when a lone gunman, Radcliffe Haughton, entered the salon and opened fire. The incident killed three women – Zina Daniel, Maelyn Lind and Cary Robuck – and injured four others.

Mark Grosskopf loves to lead, and has never been one to turn down responsibility. As president, chief executive officer and owner of Milwaukee-based New Resources Consulting and its parent company, New Resources Companies, Grosskopf has demonstrated that.

In three short years, Access HealthNet has moved offices four times to accommodate its growth. Most recently, it moved from 3,000 square feet of space in The Shops of Grand Avenue to a 14,000-square-foot space on the 10th floor of 105 W. Michigan St. in Milwaukee. The company also plans to hire an additional 50 people in 2017.

Thomasina Ivy started her career in the corporate world, and was told it would take several years before she’d be considered for an executive position. She rejected that notion, and in 2000 founded TMI Consulting LLC as a one-person firm in Milwaukee.

Michael Jurken started his company at the age of 12, and he named it then, too. Majic: (M)ichael (A)ndrew (J)urken (i)s (c)ool. At the time, he had a boombox and cassette tapes and started booking DJ “gigs” with local friends and family.