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Meet the first Green Bay cohort of Milwaukee-born startup accelerator The Blueprint
WISCONSIN INNO
GREEN BAY -- From an online gift registry for divorcees to an electronic medical data automation process for life insurance underwriting, six early-stage companies presented their ideas to a group of potential investors, mentors and community members Thursday evening at The Blueprint Green Bay Pitch Night. It was held at the Urban Hub co-working space in Green Bay.
The six companies comprised the first cohort of the Green Bay chapter of The Blueprint, an entrepreneurship accelerator program started in Milwaukee by the Young Enterprising Society (YES), co-founded by brothers Que El-Amin and Khalif El-Amin. The 12-week Green Bay cohort kicked off in August and was focused on idea validation...VentureHome Green Bay launches inside Urban Hub, connecting entrepreneurs statewide WFRV GREEN BAY — A new partnership is aimed at helping entrepreneurs be able to more readily connect with others across the state.
“I talked to my peers and they had the same problems, so I looked for ways, and there were little given, so I said let’s do it myself,” said Tyrone Powell.
The UW-Green Bay senior recently took part in the Blueprint program at the Urban Hub, 340 N. Broadway St. The cohort of companies is comprised entirely of minority, women and veteran-owned businesses.....
Appleton's Bird scooters travel 32,000 miles during pilot program. That's more than once around Earth.
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON -- The pilot program that brought Bird electric scooters to Appleton has proven highly successful in the eyes of the California-based company.
Adam Blau, leader of city and university partnerships for Bird Rides Inc., said Appleton riders took 25,627 trips during the first six months of the scooter sharing program.
"This is outstanding," Blau told the city's Municipal Services Committee. "Twenty-five thousand trips taken is pretty unbelievable in terms of ridership, some of the best for a city of this size around the country."...
Window cleaner resurrects business by downsizing before rebuilding
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
“The business had been around for 13 years, and there were five employees,” Harrison said. “The owner has some great ideas, but he added a lot of services and grew too fast so that the business was no longer profitable.”...
Scott's Subs expands during pandemic, all thanks to loyal customers
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DE PERE – While some small businesses had to shut down or downsize because of the pandemic, one Northeast Wisconsin small business is expanding.
That business is Scott’s Subs.
“I came here and Scott was playing like this air guitar so that put a smile on my face, there’s 40 different sandwiches you can get so I just took a random one and went with it,” said longtime customer Tad Schubring.
Scott’s Subs says they rely on word of mouth to get new customers through their doors. One of those first-time customers on Friday was Ryan Silfies who is from the Philadelphia area and is in Northeast Wisconsin for work...
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