Commentary: Top local business stories to watch in 2024
With 2024 underway, here are the top local business stories that we will be watching closely this year:
Milwaukee hosts...
Biz compass: What is your outlook for the economy and your industry in 2024?
Amanda Daering
CEO, Newance
“Economic growth in 2024 will remain somewhat flat but overall steady. But it will...
How to get what you want
During an earlier time in her career when she flew often on U.S. Air, LaVay Lauter, a vice president...
Getting there: Kyle Poklar
Kyle Poklar
Structural practice area leader
GRAEF
Age: 32
Hometown: Fox Point
Education: Bachelor’s in civil and environmental engineering from the University of...
Embrace the journey
The purpose of strategic planning is not a plan. OK, the outcome is typically a plan, but that is...
The Boys in the Boat
While watching “The Boys in the Boat” movie recently, I saw parallels between the strategies and management of the...
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Glance at yesteryear: 1930s downtown Milwaukee from the air
This August 1937 aerial photo shows the downtown and Historic Third Ward areas in Milwaukee. The photo was taken...
Jump start: Germantown startup Brick aims to temporarily block distractions on smartphones
Location: Germantown
Founders: TJ Driver and Zach Nasgowitz
Founded: 2023
product: App-blocking device
Website: getbrick.app
Employees: 2
Goal: Finding a scalable manufacturing method...
Innovation Award winner: Synthetaic
Delafield | Founded: 2019
Employees: 46 | Funding raised: $17.5 million
synthetaic.com
Corey Jaskolski founded Synthetaic in 2019 after his conservation work...
Innovation Award winner: Octane Coffee
Waukesha | Founded: 2018
Employees: 4 full time, 3-4 contractors | Funding raised: $1 million
getoctanecoffee.com
Octane Coffee designs, builds, launches and...
