Greater Green Bay Chamber launches new accelerator program
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GREEN BAY -- The Greater Green Bay Chamber is excited to launch “Build Up”, a 10- week tech accelerator program that provides a virtual and/or hybrid format offering coaching from experienced entrepreneurs. Build Up will help validate business models, accelerate innovation, and build strong teams.
“The Build Up program will allow for those more experienced in an industry to help foster the next generation of innovators,” said Laurie Radke, Chamber President and CEO. “It will be exciting to see the momentum that will be created and how it will only enhance the entrepreneurial landscape of Greater Green Bay.”...
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Helping business ideas grow, SCALE: First cohort of Sheboygan County's new seed accelerator program will begin Feb. 21
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SHEBOYGAN – As many in the entrepreneurial sector will tell you, investments in pre- or early-revenue startups are critical components to their success.
Recognizing its importance, the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC) launched an accelerator program called the Sheboygan County Accelerator for Learning Entrepreneurship (SCALE), which aims to provide expertise, resources and services to help spur entrepreneurial opportunities in the Sheboygan County region and beyond...
Co-working spaces -- the future of remote work: Hybrid working option coming to Kaukauna with the soon-to-be-open CO4 Workspace
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KAUKAUNA – Allie Thiel – owner and founder of CO4 Workspace – said one thing she learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that remote work is here to stay.
“With all of this post-COVID shift to a remote hybrid kind of position instead of having to go into a corporate America kind of setting every day – I think that theme has expanded into many different roles,” she said...
University of Wisconsin partnership converts manure to jet fuel while easing climate change
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NEW FRANKEN -- The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Agra Energy are operating Wisconsin’s first commercial facility (embedded code virtual tour) to turn manure into fuel for trucks and jets. The project started six years ago when Agra Energy searched for waste streams to turn into fuel and that went into existing infrastructure such as tanks, pumps and engines. The California based company refines biogases produced by landfills, food waste or manure from Wisconsin farms into fuel, said Tony Long, Agra Energy’s president and chief technology officer. Its technology converts hydrogen and carbon monoxide into a chain of hydrocarbon molecules...
From a school bus to a food bus: An Appleton woman hits the road as she accomplishes her lifelong dream of owning her own restaurant
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APPLETON – Working in the restaurant industry nearly all of her working life, Heather Karisny said she has always had a dream of one day owning her own restaurant. “I have been in the restaurant industry since I was 15 years old,” she said. “I started as a hostess, became a waitress, bartender, then front of house manager to general manager.” During that time, Karisny said she would often find herself in the kitchen, filling in and learning as she went, eventually working as a kitchen manager...
The Sweet Lair -- cupcakes with a side of community: Self-taught baker Bri Lutz opens bakery, board game cafe in Menasha
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MENASHA – Taking a hobby she learned from her grandmother and transforming it into a career caps off a lifelong dream for Bri Lutz, owner of The Sweet Lair LLC, a bakery and board game cafe located at 204 Main St. in Menasha.
Despite having no formal baking education, Lutz said she launched her made-to-order bakery business from her home and had good success...
Lakeland University details use of $75K Veteran Affairs Grant
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PLYMOUTH -- A Veterans Affairs Grant Program announced last week by Governor Evers included Lakeland University among its recipients, and today Lakeland announced its intentions for that grant money. Stephanie Hoskins, LU’s inaugural Herbert Kohler & Frank Jacobson Chair for Business and Entrepreneurship, said the grant will provide seed money for veteran students to start their own small businesses, stipends for co-working spaces at Jake’s, a veteran-focused accelerator program this spring and a recently launched virtual network for veterans....
People who make a difference: Tyrone PowellTHE BUSINESS NEWSGREEN BAY – Born and raised in France under the guidance of his professional basketball player father, Tyrone Powell – the founder of UNext – said he always thought his life would follow a similar path as his dad’s – playing ball. “I played basketball my whole life,” he said. Even when his family relocated from France to the Wauwatosa area – where his dad was from – and even into college, basketball, Powell said, was still a large part of his life.... Read More 8>
Supporting the community through heritage, food: Los Magueyes opens its fifth location, this time in OcontoTHE BUSINESS NEWSOCONTO – Opening one restaurant is often considered a huge success. Julio Herrera multiplied his success five times over and said he doesn’t plan on stopping there. Herrera is the owner of Los Magueyes, a Mexican restaurant that opened the doors to its first location in Green Bay in 2006. Northeast Wisconsinites can now dine at Los Magueyes at three different locations in Green Bay (1329 S. Webster Ave, 1053 Velp Ave, Suite E and 2648 S. Packerland Dr.), one in Pulaski (203 S. St. Augustine St.) and its newest location in Oconto (106 Smith Ave), which opened November 2022.... Read More 9>
Entrepreneurial training coming in February at DCEDC
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DOOR COUNTY -- You can learn how to grow or start your own business with an eight-week Entrepreneurial Training Program offered by the Door County Economic Development Corporation. Facilitated by business experts from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Small Business Development Center, the course will be held at the DCEDC Business Center in Sturgeon Bay. DCEDC Executive Director Michelle Lawrie says the eight classes will be from 5:30 pm until 8:30 pm on Tuesdays starting on February 7th. She notes that the program will help small businesses develop a business plan... Read More 10>
Wisconsin Technology Council: Gov's Business Plan Contest open online to vets, other entrepreneurs through Jan. 31WIS BUSINESSMADISON – At a time when more military veterans are expressing interest in becoming entrepreneurs, the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2023 competition through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Over a dozen veterans have made it to the finalist rounds of the Governor’s Business Plan Contest in recent years, including a category winner in the 2016 competition: Nick Mastronardi, a former Air Force officer, won the Information Technology category with POLCO, a civic engagement platform in widespread use across the United States today.... Read More 11>
Wisconsin startups to watch in 2023, including one from New North WISCONSIN INNOWisconsin's startup ecosystem continues to grow. And while the economy may be uncertain in 2023, it could be a boon for resourceful entrepreneurs who leverage the downtown as an opportunity. Wisconsin Inno compiled a list of startups to watch this year, based on our reporting and insights from startup stakeholders across the state. While the list isn't exhaustive, it serves to highlight several companies that are poised to make headlines in 2023 as they raise capital from investors, advance their innovative technologies and scale their companies.... Read More 12> |
