Entrepreneurship & Small Business
MaidBrite owner wins Vistage Wisconsin Lifetime Achievement Award
Ericka Sanchez, the president and owner of Menomonee Falls-based MaidBrite, is the winner of the Vistage Wisconsin Lifetime Achievement Award.
Silicon Pastures among network to invest $500,000 in battery startup
A network of Wisconsin angel investors including Silicon Pastures , Lancaster Investments and Grey Collar Ventures invested $500,000 in Whitewater-based startup Blue Line Battery.
Gener8tor raises $11.1 million for venture investing
Wisconsin startup accelerator program gener8tor and its venture capital fund raised $11.1 million of a $15 million fundraising target for its seventh venture fund, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Dohmen acquires Madison-based online marketplace for local food producers, buyers
Milwaukee-based Dohmen has acquired FoodChain, an online marketplace and logistics company founded by University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni.
Brew City Match to offer $1,200 grants, 0% interest loans to small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee
Brew City Match will offer $150,000 in loans and grants to help small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee overcome closures and temporary revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Startup pivots to offer laundry services amid pandemic
A local startup has found a way to adapt during the economic downturn to not only save itself, but also help others in need of an essential service – laundry.
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Jump Start: Scratch Ice Cream grows production, eyes new locations
Tucked away in a small kitchen on Milwaukee’s East Side is a three-man ice cream operation churning out hundreds...
Coffee Break: Joe Poeschl
Joe Poeschl
Program director, co-founder
The Commons
333 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee
thecommonswi.com
Employees: Five
Poeschl was a partner in a Chicago-based design and development...
10 Wisconsin companies make Inc. magazine list of fastest-growing Midwest companies
Ten Wisconsin companies are included in a new list by Inc. magazine of the 250 fastest-growing companies in the Midwest.
Kaufmann: ‘Sherman Phoenix will rise again’
The future seemed bleak for Milwaukee's central city entrepreneurial hub Sherman Phoenix after state orders preventing the spread of COVID-19 forced its 27 tenants to close or limit operations until further notice.
