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The new truth about closing the sale

Every salesperson is looking for the fastest way, the best way, and the easiest way to “close” a sale.

BizTimes cover story: Ignite your summer spark

After a prolonged, brutal and sometimes painful winter, southeastern Wisconsin businesses have begun a summer surge that is expected to gather steam and recover some lost ground in the second half of the year.

G3 Industries to close Menomonee Falls facility

G3 Industries Inc. will close its manufacturing plant at N92 W15966 Megal Drive in Menomonee Falls on November 1, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Department of Workforce Development Friday.

MMAC: Manufacturing outlook improves

Optimism has increased among Milwaukee-area manufacturers going into the second half of the year, according to a survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

The stages of most great ideas: The future belongs to a different kind of human mind

The laws of cerebral physics tell us that great ideas are often born from disparate, less important ideas.

More than enough: Happiness not found in excess

Some mornings I glance at all the headlines in the business sections of the newspapers, and my head drops in dismay. You know how much I love and respect business, how I deem it a powerful engine, perhaps the most powerful in this world. I'm dismayed though, by the number of stories I read or hear about with no concept of "enough."

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Innovate or Die: Creativity for survival

In the last century, Wisconsin manufacturing companies were a major force in the entrepreneurial economy of the United States. We could not have won World War II without products manufactured in our home state.

Eye on the satellites: How to manage multiple locations

So you want to open another office or manufacturing location. Are you aware of the challenges that await you? I surveyed local and regional corporations asking them about their experiences with managing multiple locations. The survey results are as follows.

Stock market reaches new records with robust jobs data

The Dow Jones Industrial Average pierced the 17,000 threshold for the first time this morning after another robust national monthly jobs report by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Thomas leaves Teach For America to form new school

Maurice Thomas, executive director of Teach for America’s Milwaukee branch, has departed the organization to pursue a fellowship that will prepare him to launch his own secondary school in Milwaukee.

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