Entrepreneurship & Small Business

I’m often asked, “Why do salespeople fail?”

After launching his own landscaping business and growing his client base from one client to more than seven, Carter Drake, a junior at Fort Atkinson High School, has been selected to receive the 2014 Young Entrepreneur Award.

While the number of women-owned businesses has grown by 68 percent nationally since 1997, Wisconsin has lagged behind with just 36.6 percent growth, according to the recent American Express OPEN State the of Women-Owned Businesses Report.

BizTimes Media has announced the recipients of its 2014 Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards.

After launching his own landscaping business and growing his client base from one client to more than seven, Carter Drake, a junior at Fort Atkinson High School, has been selected to receive the 2014 Young Entrepreneur Award.

When you're giving your sales presentation, do you really know what the customer is thinking or what they're asking themselves as you're presenting?

Author and consultant Joe Abraham will be the keynote speaker at the BizTimes Bravo! Entrepreneur and I.Q. (Innovation Quotient) Awards Luncheon to be held at BizExpo on Wednesday, May 21, at Potawatomi Bingo Casino.

Milwaukee startup developer Spreenkler LLC has changed its role to that of an “innovation agency,” providing consulting services to corporations that want to implement entrepreneurial strategies in a larger setting.

Last week I wrote about the big picture of what it would take to attract 1,000 leads, both the philosophy and structure of what would create the attraction. I also talked about all the research I did to find “the best time” to tweet, re-tweet, post, and take other social actions in order to get the full measure of exposure. Turns out no one really knows the best time. Pretty interesting.

 “We want high wage paying jobs. If you can create a high tech job in the state of Wisconsin,...