Voting Closes TODAY at 12:00PM for the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin Contest!
WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS & COMMERCE (WMC)
We’re down to four finalists in the Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin and two of them are from the New North region!
Hosted by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and sponsored by Johnson Financial Group, over one million votes have been cast in the competition over the last seven years, drawing attention to Wisconsin’s innovative manufacturing industry.
The two New North companies include Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., Appleton for their Volterra Electric Fire Truck and Plexus Corp, Neenah for their Quidel Savanna to to diagnose influenza, RSV or COVID-19. Vote by noon today at the link below Read More 1>
New sushi restaurant in Buchanan has all-you-can-eat option
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
BUCHANAN - An Eau Claire sushi restaurant has expanded into the Fox Cities.
Akame Sushi, which has moved into Suite 9 at W3169 Van Roy Road near East College Avenue and Eisenhower Drive, hosted its grand opening Oct. 10.
The restaurant serves all-you-can-eat sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki, donburi (meat and other ingredients simmered in broth and served over rice) and hibachi-grilled meats in anime-themed surroundings. Customers make their selections through an iPad at their table.....
Doctor Dyslexia Dude was the recipient of the 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Award for the education category WISCONSIN INNOVATION AWARDS
MADISON – Nine winners were honored from the 30 finalists and more than 300 nominees during the 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards at the Memorial Union in Madison. The ceremony recognized the state’s most innovative products and services from eight industry categories. The 2022 winners were selected by a panel of 19 statewide experts with backgrounds in business sectors such as technology, food, healthcare, agriculture, nonprofits, education and government.
“The Wisconsin Innovation Awards seek to celebrate and inspire innovation and highlight the creative spirit from the state’s leading public, private and nonprofit sectors,” said Matt Younkle, Co-Founder of the Wisconsin Innovation Awards and Pythonic Corporation. “We want to congratulate all finalists and winners and look forward to encouraging an even greater environment of innovation in the year to come.”...
Calling all companies! Apply for three chances to pitch at 2020 Early Stage Symposium
WISCONSIN EARLY STAGE SYMPOSIUM
Applications are being accepted now from young companies that want to tell their stories to investors at our annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium #ESSWI, to be held Nov. 9-11 on a virtual platform. The 2020 format includes two pitch opportunities – the Tech Council Investor Networks track (five-minute presentations) and the popular Elevator Pitch Olympics – as well as “Investor Intros,” which will allow pre-selected companies brief, one-on-one meetings with targeted angel and venture investors. As a special offer to all applicants, we have partnered with AirDeck to build your presentation deck. AirDeck creates online narrated presentations for sales pitches, online courses and webinars. Its unique features include the ability to quickly customize presentations while adding voice or video narration. We encourage narration of your decks and sharing it with attendees during the conference. AirDeck presentations will be required for TCIN presentations and optional for other applicants. You may also include it as part of your executive summary; as a bonus, you’ll have an extended free trial through the conference...
Small Towns: Algoma charter boat becomes a bourbon boat
WBAY
ALGOMA -- Dating back centuries, whiskey makers have used the oceans and seas to help age one of the world’s most popular spirits. Now, a Wisconsin man is turning the freshwater waves of lake Michigan. This week in Small Towns, we travel to Algoma where a salmon fishing boat had a unique job over the past three months. It’s been an anxious wait. “I was confident in the process and barrels, but you’re always nervous I think,” says Kerry Shaw Brown, owner of Unbound Spirits in Oconomowoc....
Green Bay couple turn trauma, pandemic layoff into Luveeny, an urban streetwear clothing brand
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
Lauren and Dan Hunter of Green Bay have developed a brand with a mission, and a passion grown from trauma. “When Dan was younger, he was hit by a car and pronounced dead at the scene,” Lauren explained. “The doctors said he wasn’t going be able to walk or talk, let alone have kids. Our brand is one of Dan’s motivations to keep building a legacy of a thriving family. He wants to be able to tell his story to uplift and motivate others.” Her husband not only survived; the couple has thrived. They are parents of five children ranging in age from 5 to 16 including daughters, ages 12 and 14, who are young entrepreneurs...
'I think there is momentum': Wisconsin women-owned businesses in spotlight
SPECTRUM NEWS 1
GREEN BAY — Joey Reader doesn’t stand still very long.
She’s busy making sure all the details are just right at the event she’s spent the last 10 to 12 months planning.
“It’s busy. It’s very fast paced. It will be over before I know it, but it’s exciting,” Reader said during one of the few lulls in the day.
She’s the owner of A-mazing Events in Appleton.
Reader has owned the business for 17 years. She said taking the leap at the beginning was a bit daunting...
New mini golf course opens in Fish CreekDOOR COUNTY PULSEFamilies looking for fun – or golfers trying to forget a tough 18 – now have a new place to go near Peninsula State Park. Just in time for two big fall-festival weekends, Evergreen Miniature Golf opened Wednesday on Highway 42, just north of the BP gas station. The new, 18-hole mini-golf course winds around in the shadows of red pines and white pines that owners Kerry and Matt Johnson wanted to save. The Johnsons have created a new type of course on the site across Highway 42 from the edge of the state park. Their contractor built the base for the fairways and greens from shredded and broken recycled plastic pavers, which is in keeping with Evergreen’s environmental theme... Read More 8>
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