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Daniel Isenberg, founding executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Projects, is an expert in entrepreneurship.

Phase One of the entrepreneurship project Scale Up Milwaukee is now underway. The multi-year project is a new initiative commissioned by American Express OPEN, a division of the company that focuses on entrepreneurs, and it has begun its efforts to create an "entrepreneurship ecosystem" in Milwaukee.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce's Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) recently hosted a panel discussion about "Creating and Igniting a Multi-Generational Workplace."

Over the many years that I traveled in the trenches with salespeople, I heard a handful of questions that seemed to be part of the salesman's playbook. “What's your timing on this decision?” was among the more common.

What is your company's value proposition? This seems like a simple question, but having facilitated hundreds of sales training workshops, it remains one of the top challenges facing sales professionals today.

Mount Mary College, located in Milwaukee, has changed its name to Mount Mary University.

As technology, personal priorities, workforce demographics and work environments continue to evolve, entrepreneurs Ryan Coonerty and Jeremy Neuner believe it is time to rethink our approach to business and reorganize our economy as a whole.

Swing and a ground ball to third… the runner sprints toward first, while the first baseman rushes to beat him to the bag.

Kenosha-based Snap-on Inc. reported second quarter net earnings of $88.4 million, or $1.50 per share, compared with $76.4 million, or $1.30 per share, in the same period a year ago.

The common stock for Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. last week reached a new 52-week high of $40.06, above its previous high of $38.33.