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Clean switch: Bluestem Hand Sanitizer fills pandemic need Insight On Business “We’re building a network of planners, photographers and venues in the wedding industry
in preparation for next year, when this backlog of weddings are going to be taking place,” he says.
Jim Waterman never thought he’d pin his career hopes on hand sanitizer.
In his real life, he’s a scientist in the fuel ethanol industry and that was more than enough. Then in April, a friend suggested a crazy idea and Waterman ran with it.
That’s how Bluestem Hand Sanitizer got its start. The Appleton-made hand sanitizer is sold online in a variety of package sizes, and....
Kicksleds offer fun in the Door County snow: Couple turns kicksledding from a hobby to a business FOX 11 News DOOR COUNTY (WLUK) -- A different way to have some fun in the winter is hitting the trail in Door County.
Kicksleds are self-propelled scooters people can ride in the snow.
It started a couple years ago, when Frankie Pudlo and his family got kicksleds for Christmas.
"We used them, just a couple times, thought it was a blast. And people around the area saw us using them, and thought that they were interesting, wanted to....
Signs of the times: Fox Cities Sign thriving in pandemic under leadership of budding entrepreneur Sara Greil Insight On Business “Learn as you go” has likely been a mantra for many budding entrepreneurs. For Sara Greil, owner of Fox Cities Sign in Menasha, that’s exactly what happened.
With a degree in fine arts and graphic design, the 36-year-old Brillion native never planned on owning her own business. But after working for 13 years at the business that launched in 2006, Greil became owner in early 2020, leading the company to win a Small Business of the Year Award from the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce.
“It’s pretty amazing,” Greil says. “I remember sitting at the awards ceremony thinking, that’s a huge accomplishment, that’s my goal.”
Greil worked both as a graphic designer and salesperson at Fox Cities Sign during her tenure when she eventually began running more of the....
Get to know: Local entrepreneur Andrew Schmitz Insight On Business Andrew Schmitz developed Proceed.app out of necessity.
The Appleton man was working a day job elsewhere and creating videos on the side for businesses seeking employee training programs when one freelance project left him in a time crunch. Schmitz decided to ask the organization and its employees to send him information, whether photos or text, allowing him to put the video together.
The final product was so successful Schmitz decided to develop it further, launching Proceed.app in 2019. The platform crowdsources, manages and distributes learning materials for small- and medium-sized businesses using visual elements, as opposed to text-based knowledge materials. Schmitz says people retain knowledge at higher rates through visual learning.
Proceed.app won the New North’s first-ever HATCH competition that same year and took first place in the Startup Wisconsin Pitch at....
“Enormous step forward”: State and local leaders celebrate Port of Green Bay grant WBAY GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - State and local leaders gathered Tuesday to express enthusiasm a $500,000 grant from the state of Wisconsin to redevelop the Port of Green Bay and move the coal piles away from the mouth of the Fox River.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has issued an Idle Sites Redevelopment Grant to help Brown County with the purchasing the former WPS Pulliam Plant property. The port is a designated Foreign Trade Zone.
Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, and WEDC Secretary Missy Hughes discussed their mutual excitement for the future during a....
Mercury Marine installs solar panels FOX 11 News FOND DU LAC (WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac company is putting a focus on green energy.
Mercury Marine will install its first array of photovoltaic solar panels to be put to use at its world headquarters campus.
More than 300 panels will be installed on the company's warehouse roof, each measuring six feet wide and four feet tall.
The panels will generate enough electricity to light the...
Bar owner moves from San Diego to Appleton to run his own business
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APPLETON (NBC 26) — It's a trend that's been seen across the country.
People are moving state lines for lower taxes, financial perks, and for one man a little bit of Wisconsin love.
“I’ve been in bars and restaurants since I was 15, so this is something I was very used to," said Corbin Schiedermayer.
Schiedermayer had been living in San Diego, California for years and decided to leave after he took a hard hit from the pandemic, resulting him to....Read More 7>Rawhide Youth Services starts building new counseling center, equine therapy facility in Fond du Lac
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FOND DU LAC - Work has begun on a new 18,827-square-foot counseling center and equine therapy facility for Rawhide Youth Services in Fond du Lac. Keller Inc. is the contractor for the facility under construction at the corner of U.S. 45 and County Highway K. The community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. Jan. 19 to celebrate the progress. “Our goal with the new facility is to fully embed ourselves into the community and become a steady rock for the youth and families of Fond du Lac that are... Read More 8>
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| | Door County Kicksled owners Alysha Nelson and Frankie Pudlo, December 31, 2020 (WLUK/Eric Peterson). Story above.
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