Still time to register to watch the NEW Launch Alliance Pitch Event for Thursday, December 1st at TitletownTech
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Eight entrepreneurial pitch winners who advanced from local pitch competitions hosted by collaborative local partners will vie for additional prize money at a regional pitch competition hosted by New North Inc. The NEW Launch Alliance Pitch Event will take place on Thursday, December 1, at 5 p.m. at TitletownTech, located at 1025 Lombardi Ave. in Green Bay.
The eight participants will have a chance for broader investor attention, along with prize money of $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second place and $500 for third place..
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Two Guernsey Girls Creamery expanding in Freedom
WFRV
FREEDOM – It is egg nog season at Two Guernsey Girls Creamery in Freedom. The small batch creamery makes milk, flavored milk, and curds at their factory.
They have an A2 herd of cows, meaning they only carry the A2 protein which is easier for some people to digest.
The business is also expanding thanks to a grant from the state, adding block cheese production....
Small Towns: Little Chute welcomes five new women-owned businesses
WBAY
LITTLE CHUTE - After sitting vacant for well over a year, Main Street Plaza in downtown Little Chute is bustling once again. And it’s thanks in big part to five new business owners - all women.
This week in Small Towns, a closer look at their unique bond and a giant leap of faith.
Rachel Fowler is fulfilling a dream that began when she was just a kid.
“My mom, I begged as a four-year-old to learn how to sew and so she sat me down in my little yellow booster seat and taught me how to stitch X’s with red thread on white fabric, and right there on the bottom of the stack is my red, white and blue quilt that I made when I was about 14-15 years old,” says Rachel.....
Taking full-service to a new level
PRESS TIMES
GREEN BAY – Lee Lemens, manager of Gene’s Deep Rock full-service gas station located at 1792 Main St., Green Bay, doesn’t stand still for long. He’s understaffed and either receiving auto parts, pumping gas, talking to a customer on the phone or discussing a repair with his service technician. Somewhere in there, he also conducted a job interview. “I’m doing all the paperwork,” Lemens said. “I had to run to the bank and do the deposits this morning. Yeah, I’m spread pretty thin.” Lemens, 63, started working at Gene’s in 1982 as a mechanic and said there were a few other full-service stations in town at that time but they have all since closed...
Establishing and leading a sensor tech company: A lifelong food allergy sufferer herself, Abi Barnes said the idea behind Allergy Amulet has been a long time coming
THE BUSINESS NEWS
ASHWAUBENON – According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, nearly 32 million people in the United States are affected by food allergies, with 15%-20% of the population affected by food intolerances – the most common being milk, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, fish and shellfish. Amulet makes the world’s smallest, fastest and sleekest molecular detection technology – capable of sensing everything from pathogens in the air to pesticides to produce. And in early 2023, Co-founder and CEO Abi Barnes said its consumer brand – Allergy Amulet™ – will launch at full scale, much to the joy of anyone with food allergies.....
Longtime employee learns on the job, now ready to buy Attic Books & Coffee in Green Bay
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
One of Green Bay’s most enduring and endearing shops, The Attic Books & Coffee, will transfer ownership early next year. The new owner will be the longtime manager Ashley Martin. “I started here in August 2008 as a part-time barista,” Martin said. “I’m not even sure how I got to this point. Bill (the current owner) started giving me more and more responsibility, and about six years ago, he asked if I wanted to buy this place someday. I think Bill saw the love I have for this shop and how it has become very much my home.”..
Helping to reduce veteran unemployment -- one haul at a time: Locally owned and operated franchise helps veterans, while keeping junk out of landfills
THE BUSINESS NEWS
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – U.S. Air Force veteran Catherine Peters said the 23 years she spent in the equipment rental business — working with forklifts, woodchippers and stump grinders – was good – but something seemed to be missing.
Little did she know, a decision to stop and pay attention to a television commercial early one Wednesday in July 2019, would send her down a new and successful path.
Peters said her ears perked up when she heard the word veteran come across the TV. “I thought, ‘I’m a veteran, I’ll listen to this.’” she said. “I was at that right point in my career where I was working, but I was ready for a change.”...
New Appleton business offers self-care stocking stuffers
WLUK
APPLETON -- A new small business is now open in the Fox Valley.
Nana's Apothecary is a self-care and mercantile shop at 1117 N Badger Ave in Appleton, WI.
The shop has a number of items that the owners say would make great stocking stuffers for males or females.
They offer a large selection of bath bombs, candles, soap, herb bundles, incense, and more...
Daddy D Productions offers tailor-made entertainment: Owner credits hard work, wholesome content for 17 years of successTHE BUSINESS NEWSGREEN BAY – The COVID-19 pandemic did a number on the entertainment business for quite some time. When nearly all events were canceled or shifted online, those that focused on entertaining large groups of people were forced to pivot and regroup. None know this more than Darren Johnson – the founder and owner of Daddy D Productions, a musical variety entertainment business based in Green Bay.... Read More 9>
Lost Key Tap -- fine dining in a casual environment: The Wrightstown restaurant opened earlier this yearTHE BUSINESS NEWSWRIGHTSTOWN – As it did for many people throughout the country, the COVID-19 pandemic forced changes in lifestyle, careers, family life and finances. Daniel Zapata, a Northeast Wisconsin transplant from Massachusetts, said he certainly falls into that category. Now the owner of Lost Key Tap, a restaurant located at 505 Washington St. in the Village of Wrightstown, Zapata and his wife Lauren opened the establishment earlier this March – a leap of faith that thus far has paid off... Read More 10> |
