Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Access resources and stories to support entrepreneurs in southeastern Wisconsin.
Waukesha-based Octane Coffee hopes to launch automated coffee drive-thru in City of Pewaukee
A Waukesha-based startup delivering coffee to customers through its automated kitchen and contactless drive-thru hopes to launch its first...
Brookfield-based startup experiences 10x growth following Shark Tank episode
Hug Sleep founder Matt Mundt says his startup did $4 million in sales after the Milwaukee-based company’s product Sleep Pod was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank.
WEDC awards $249,000 in grants to Milwaukee entrepreneurship programs
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will disburse $249,000 in grants to six Milwaukee-based organizations supporting entrepreneurship.Â
JoAnne Sabir joins moguls as Project Pitch It returns for fifth season
Milwaukee-area entrepreneur and Sherman Phoenix co-founder JoAnne Sabir will join Project Pitch It’s lineup of moguls for the Shark...
Grounded in family: High standards help coffee business grow, despite pandemic
When Fiddleheads Coffee Roasters opened in 1996, it was one of the first coffeehouses in Ozaukee County. Starbucks, then...
Rev up: MySureFit aims to disrupt online apparel market with virtual fitting room
Milwaukee-based startup MySureFit has set out to revolutionize the online shoppers’ experience with its virtual fitting technology platform for...
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Evers’ proposed $100 million VC fund an important step to support Wisconsin startups, supporters say
Wisconsin’s startup ecosystem leaders are calling Governor Tony Evers’ proposal for a $100 million venture capital fund a bold but necessary step for economic recovery and the prosperity of the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Ted Kellner and Paul Sweeney raise $9.5 million fund
Ted Kellner, the founder of Milwaukee-based financial management firm Fiduciary Management Inc., and Paul Sweeney, the co-founder of Milwaukee-based PS Capital Partners, LLC have raised a $9.5 million fund.
Milwaukee startup turns venomous fish into economic opportunity for remote fishermen
A local startup is turning the harvest of lionfish – a venomous fish species – into economic opportunity for remote fishing communities in Belize.
Fetch Rewards names new CFO
Fetch Rewards hired Nupur Sadiwala to be its chief financial officer, the Madison-based startup announced.
