By Design: Blue Door Consulting goes all in on tech-forward marketing strategy
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It seems fitting, that 16 years after the launch of Blue Door Consulting, the boutique marketing and digital consulting firm would be named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. After all, Inc. magazine assembles the list in part as a celebration of entrepreneurship, and Blue Door Consulting grew from a company of one to a business employing dozens of techies and creatives who meet marketing needs for organizations of all sizes and varieties.
Seeing the success Blue Door Consulting has created makes its journey from humble beginnings that much more impressive. The marketing firm got its start in 2002 with a partnership that nearly didn’t happen... Wiskonsan (yes, that's right): Vines & Rushes Winery honors region's history
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“For almost 15 years, I worked in IT and even ran a small support business,” he says. “But in my late 20s I wanted to start a new business — something that would bring value to the family farm. I started researching what would be a viable option and my dad suggested grapes.”...
Taking a turn: Scott Trudgeon of Another Turn Woodworks
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When Scott Trudgeon suits up, puts on his headphones and starts turning wood in his home-based Neenah workshop, there is peace and joy. That’s a feeling that has long been elusive to the U.S. Army veteran, whose anxiety has been a crippling enemy since he returned from a deployment to Iraq in 2009 and suffered a motorcycle accident that ended his military career.
He’s come a long way, Trudgeon says — including turns studying construction, working in wood manufacturing, and becoming a father of three...
Out of ink? Waupaca business owner cashes in on that panicked feeling by offering vending-machine convenience
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
Have you ever been in the middle of printing an important document when your printer ran out of ink? And, when you tried to find some, found out that all of the office supply stores in your area were closed?
If you answered yes, Bill Zimmermann, owner of Ink Box, has a solution. Zimmermann, who was a finalist in the NEW Launch Alliance pitch competition at the Urban Hub in Green Bay, has developed a vending machine that dispenses the best-selling ink cartridges. It all started in 2017...
Wisconsin Innovation Awards open
WISCONSIN INNOVATION AWARDS
The Wisconsin Innovation Awards (WIA) are now accepting nominations for innovations in every sector from around Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Innovation Awards is here to recognize the innovation that is all around us. Help us celebrate the innovative products, services, and ideas happening throughout Wisconsin.
Nominate great ideas by answering a few simple questions or apply yourself! Find more information on the Wisconsin Innovation Awards here...
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California biotech company partners with UW Oshkosh for human disease research
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OSHKOSH -- A California-based biotech company is helping make UW-Oshkosh a destination for human disease researchers.
Fauna Bio has provided a $500,000 scholarship that increases UW-Oshkosh's capacity for biomedical collaborations to translate disease resistance strategies found in the animal kingdom into new treatments for human disease.
“This partnership will advance the work already being done at UWO. It’s an opportunity for our faculty to solidify their position as leaders in this field and to expand our educational opportunities for students,” said UWO Provost John Koker....
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Fox Valley Technical College Foundation: Ready for next Innovation Accelerator for Veterans cohort
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Fox Valley Technical College Foundation has once again been awarded a state grant for a program that guides veterans who want to start their own businesses. Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs (WDVA) have announced that FVTC will receive almost $90,000 for another cohort in the Innovation Accelerator for Veterans.
The program provides entrepreneurial training and technical support, networking opportunities, one-on-one mentoring and startup/growth expenses for veteran-owned businesses, whether it’s to create a source of full-time employment or more of a side business...
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Interview with Amy Pietsch of FVTC Venture Center: Helping veterans succeed at business
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GRAND CHUTE -- Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs are giving Fox Valley Technical College another $90,000 to help military veterans become entrepreneurs.
The Innovation Accelerator for Veterans helps vets who want to start their own business. It provides seed funding, one-on-one mentoring, and of course entrepreneurial training and technical support.
FVTC was the first college (or university) in Wisconsin to use the grant to provide small business training for military veterans. Jeff Alexander talks with Amy Pietsch, Venture Center director and program facilitator at FVTC, about the program and how and why veterans should apply....
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BrightStar releases 2021 Annual Report - Todd Sobotka named as executive director BRIGHTSTAR
BrightStar Wisconsin has released its 2021 Annual Report which highlights the appointment of Todd Sobotka as its first Executive Director, a newly created position for the foundation.
"2022 marks BrightStar's 10th year of operation." said Executive Chairman and co-founder Tom Shannon. "We have invested over $9 million in 63 Wisconsin early stage companies and have been involved in the creation of well over 1,000 Wisconsin jobs. It was time to hire an individual that can take our organization to the next level and Todd is is the ideal person to do that. He has been intricately involved with the BrightStar since its formation."...
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