Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Access resources and stories to support entrepreneurs in southeastern Wisconsin.
Innovation Award winner: Octane Coffee
Waukesha | Founded: 2018
Employees: 4 full time, 3-4 contractors | Funding raised: $1 million
getoctanecoffee.com
Octane Coffee designs, builds, launches and...
Entrepreneurship Award winner: Paul Stillmank
7Rivers | Milwaukee
Founded: 2023
Funding raised: $4 million
7riversinc.com
Paul Stillmank grew his previous company, a Salesforce consultancy known as 7Summits, from...
Entrepreneurship Award winner: Britt Gottschalk
Geno.Me | Milwaukee
Founded: 2021 | Employees: 8
Funding raised: $500,000 (seed), $2.6 million (seed II)
yourgeno.me
Geno.Me is a data exchange platform...
Entrepreneurship Award winner: Roy Dietsch
PartsBadger | Cedarburg
Founded: 2017 | Employees: 57
Funding raised: Bootstrapped
parts-badger.com
PartsBadger started after Roy Dietsch found it difficult to get a...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner: Jerry Jendusa has made it his personal mission to develop Wisconsin’s business leaders
When it comes to his legacy among Wisconsin’s business ecosystem, Jerry Jendusa doesn’t like to be referred to as...
Celebrating the journey of the 2023 Innovation + Entrepreneurship award winners
BizTimes Media once again recognized the top innovators and entrepreneurs in southeastern Wisconsin at its recent Innovation + Entrepreneurship...
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See award-winning local entrepreneurs tell the story of their journey
BizTimes Media recently recognized some of southeastern Wisconsin’s top entrepreneurs and most innovative companies at its annual Innovation + Entrepreneurship...
After going viral, Octane Coffee flooded with more than 1,500 business inquiries
Octane Coffee currently has more than 1,500 business inquiries, ranging from people interested in franchising to those looking to invest.
Community Leader of the Year: Tim Sheehy made huge impact as president of MMAC
When Tim Sheehy began his 40-year career with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce in 1983, the Milwaukee Bucks...
Small Business of the Year: Sprecher advances toward international expansion
When most Wisconsinites think of a Sprecher root beer, they likely conjure up fond memories of enjoying a float...
