Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest open for entries
The Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries until the end of January for the 2020 competition.
Now in...
Small Business of the Year: J. Jeffers & Co.
As Milwaukee and other southeastern Wisconsin communities continue seeing one major development project after another, a name that keeps...
MKE Social rebrands after acquiring Filament Communication
Ryan Thompson, owner of digital marketing firm MKE Social, acquired Milwaukee-based marketing firm Filament Communication, Thompson announced Tuesday.
Under Thompson’s...
BizStarts inducts 9 area business leaders into its Hall of Fame
Nine Milwaukee-area business executives were inducted into the BizStarts Hall of Fame at the 2019 “BizStarts Honors Lights! Camera! Entrepreneurship!” event.
gener8tor reveals four startups created through new Accelerator Studio
Milwaukee-based gener8tor created four startups from scratch through its inaugural Accelerator Studio program, which builds teams using only Wisconsin-based...
Some say ideas even more important than funding to grow state’s startup ecosystem
More venture capital or disruptive ideas? What does Milwaukee and Wisconsin's startup ecosystem need to get to the next level?
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Madison startup Understory enters weather insurance industry
Madison startup Understory has moved into the insurance business with “Auto-Hail Safe,” an insurance policy for car dealerships who incur hefty costs when their unprotected lots are struck by hail storms.
Wisconsin’s only active female-led venture fund raises $3.5 million
Investors have committed more than $3.5 million to a new, female-led Wisconsin venture capital fund called the “Winnow Fund,” according to documents filed Wednesday with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
WWBIC to launch accelerator for minority-owned businesses
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. will soon launch the “Diversity Driven Growth Accelerator,” a program that supports and...
Recipe for success
Pleasant Prairie-based Fair Oaks Farms was running at far less than full capacity and entirely reliant on one customer,...
