The first-ever breakup gift registry founded by two Green Bay women
WBAY
GREEN BAY -- We’ve all had to buy something off a gift registry for a wedding or baby shower, but now two Green Bay women have launched a different kind of registry.
The first of its kind, a gift registry company that caters to people going through breakups, separation and divorce, just moved into the Urban Hub in Downtown Green Bay.
“There was this light bulb moment of wait, if we do this for babies, why don’t we do this for breakups? And at that point, I think Beth just commented ‘breakup registries should be a thing,” said Eliza Cussen, co-founder and co-CEO of Divorcist... For Fork Farms, Wisconsin is a great place to grow agriculture innovations
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WEDC) Wisconsin native Alex Tyink was an opera singer in New York City when he was inspired to start his company, Fork Farms. After working at a Brooklyn rooftop garden, he discovered the physical and mental health benefits of eating and growing one’s own food. Now based in Green Bay, Fork Farms has created a unique hydroponic growing system called the Flex Farm. This technology allows consumers to grow up to 394 pounds of fresh food a year, indoors and in just nine square feet of space.
Tyink, also CEO of the company, operates Fork Farms out of TitletownTech. With Flex Farms already in customers’ homes, schools, restaurants and other settings—including Lambeau Field—the company was ready to start searching for its first round of venture capital in order to grow...
Old-Fashioned cocktail sparks name for Wisconsin-inspired golf accessory business
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
Inspiration for a business name can come from an unusual source. Such was the case for Kyle Herzog, Scott Biely and Joe Maretti of northeastern Wisconsin.
When they began planning a business selling golf polos and accessories, they thought long and hard about a name that would typify Wisconsin.
“In the first couple of days after deciding to start the business, we asked ourselves, ‘What does Wisconsin love?’ And, the answer that came to us was, ‘Wisconsin loves the Old-Fashioned.’ That was perfect — a cool-sounding name with a Midwestern feel,” Herzog said. “We became ‘Old Fashioned Golf.’”...
Take a sneak peek of Venue 404 in downtown Oshkosh
OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN
Venue 404 is located inside the historic First National Bank building at 404 N. Main St. It is on the first floor and lower levels. The second through eighth levels house businesses and office space....
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