Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Summerfest Tech is returning this June with an expanded Pitch Competition.

It’s been a dream almost four years in the making, but Octane Coffee founder Adrian Deasy is currently on track to open his first drive-thru location this summer.

A new area dedicated to local entrepreneurs is coming to Bayshore in Glendale.

Steve Beauchamp, the chief executive officer of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Paylocity, which provides cloud-based payroll and human capital management software, will talk about how to create a thriving workplace during the March 9 episode of the 21st Century Business Forum.

Mayfair Mall is one of 30 retail centers across the country that is now taking part in the Partner to Empower program.

A group of 24 Wisconsin entrepreneurs will seek to bring their business dreams to fruition as they take part in the new season of “Project Pitch It,” premiering on WISN-TV Channel 12 on March 19 and March 20.

Waukesha-based Kalmbach Media has acquired Brookfield-based Video Wisconsin in a deal that officially closed Feb. 15.

Mukwonago-based Gearbox Express, LLC has been acquired by Houston, Texas-based RNWBL, LLC.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday and his wife, Olympic gold medalist Lauren Holiday, are providing a third $1 million round of grant funding to Black-led nonprofits and businesses.

After four decades spent helping families plan the biggest events in their lives, the Loppnow family of Waukesha Floral & Greenhouse have sold the 118-year-old business to Rebecca and David Haut.