The deadline to enter the NEW Launch Alliance pitch events is Oct. 31!
NEW NORTH, INC.
NEW NORTH – New North Inc., as part of its efforts to support entrepreneurism in the region, is working with nine of its local partners to hold pitch events during Startup Week in Wisconsin, November 14-18, with winners advancing to a regional pitch event in early December. Entrepreneurs within the New North who are interested in participating in the qualifying, local pitch events are asked to upload their pitch ideas at https://www.greatergbc.org/northeast-wi-pitch-contests. The deadline to do so is October 31. Those registering will be asked to select the one local pitch event that is closest to them.
Regional entrepreneurial pitch contests: Events throughout Northeast Wisconsin set for Nov. 14-18
THE BUSINESS NEWS
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – Those in the entrepreneurship world will tell you that learning how to pitch your idea is one of the most important skills a founder needs to develop.
Having an idea for a product/service/solution is one thing.
Having the capital to develop that idea into a business, is another.
To help entrepreneurs get a jumpstart in their startup journey, New North Inc. – a regional economic development nonprofit – is again hosting local pitch contests in five Northeast Wisconsin counties from Nov. 14-18.
Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North, said the nonprofit believes that a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem is vital to the success of the regional economy...
Coming soon...wine! Woelfel Homestead grapes off to good start NEW HOLSTEIN REPORTER
By this time next year, Jon and Kerri Woelfel hope to be producing and selling wine at Woelfel Homestead just north of New Holstein. Next year’s wine would not be from their grapes, but that day is coming as well as the 900 grape vines they planted in May are coming along very well.
“They look great,” Jon said Saturday while hosting an “open barn” for family, friends, neighbors and other invited guests at Woelfel Homestead, located at W1139 Lime Kiln Rd., just off Hayton Road. In less than six hours, Woelfel and
his crew of family and friends planted an acre of grapes in multiple varieties.
They have two whites, St. Pepin and LaCrescent; and three reds, Frontenac, Petite Pearl and the very popular Marquette. They also planted a few vines of Somerset grapes as well. “I like the diversity,” he said...
Custom cupcakes, coffee flights and board games add fun at The Sweet Lair in Menasha
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
MENASHA - When Bri Lutz opened The Sweet Lair, she brought more than sweet recipes from her home made-to-order bakery business to the Menasha coffee shop, at 204 Main St. “I liked that customers liked that they could design their own stuff,” Lutz said. “When I decided to move into this space, I thought, ‘How fun would it be to design your own cupcakes?’” First-time customers might overlook the cupcakes. But it's not because the cupcakes are surrounded by a rotation of tempting sweets like chocolate chip cookies, signature brownies, maple banana bread or apple pie cinnamon rolls....
Startup Wisconsin Week is Nov. 14-18, 2022
STARTUP WISCONSIN
Startup Wisconsin Week Nov. 14-18 has been helping tech founders, startups, investors, and talent get connected and discover events across Wisconsin since 2017. The goals are:
- Connect tech startups and entrepreneurs with talent, investors, and resources
- Provide continuous education focused on tech startups and innovation
- Celebrate and showcase success and innovations around the state
- Highlight the importance of startups to the growth of Wisconsin's economy
Discover events in your area and online for this year's Startup Wisconsin Week...
The Benefits of the Hub & Spoke Model for Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems coming up Nov. 16
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK (GEN)
Wondering how to build equitable ecosystems that support underserved entrepreneurs? We will cover this and more on The Benefits of the Hub & Spoke Model for Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems.
Register to join us on Wednesday, November 16 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT for a conversation with economic developers, ecosystem builders and thought leaders on how to leverage government funding, provide access to resources, and build a sustainable infrastructure that drives small business success....
TitletownTech backs Chicago-based water sensor startup Stemloop
WISCONSIN INNO
GREEN BAY -- Green Bay venture capital firm TitletownTech's latest investment is in Chicago-area biosensor company Stemloop Inc., which aims to solve the problem of unsafe drinking water.
The financing from TitletownTech, a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, will help Stemloop launch its first product: A home test to detect lead in drinking water.
Stemloop was spun out of Northwestern University and aims to leverage biology to sense and respond to challenges in biomanufacturing, the environment and human health, according to an Oct. 18 press release from TitletownTech. Stemloop founder and CEO Khalid Alam first began working on the startup as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern's Center for Synthetic Biology....
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