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Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards

BizTimes Media has announced the recipients of its 2014 Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards.

How to set a social media budget

Hopefully you're not one of those small business owners who thinks social media is “free” because the channels themselves are free. If you are, you need this article more than anyone, though if you understand there's some investment needed, you're still going to learn something.

Oak Creek Spec

Malvern, Pa.-based Liberty Property Trust, a real estate investment trust, plans to build a 172,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Oak Creek.

Work on your business, not in it

Careful business planning can make or break the future of your organization. It can help build a competitive advantage, set priorities, assess opportunities and, overall, provide a roadmap of where you want your organization to go.

Nadella off to fast start as CEO of Microsoft

Satya Nadella, an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is off to an impressive start as the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp.

“The Up Side of Down”

While significant failure can present challenges too difficult to overcome, failure can also act as a catalyst to enduring success, as Megan McArdle illustrates in her recently published book, "The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well is the Key to Success."

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TJM Innovations makes environmentally-friendly products

TJM Innovations LLC
5519 W. Woolworth Ave., Milwaukee
Industry: Hardware, housewares and consumer electronics
Employees: 11-23 (seasonally)
tjminnovations.com

7.4%

Wisconsin's median home sale prices increased 7.4 percent, to $130,000 in February, from the same month a year ago, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association.

Companies can apply for Fast Forward grants

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson announced the agency is accepting applications for the first wave of grants under the $35.4 million expansion of the Wisconsin Fast Forward worker training grant program.

Jorge Franco, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Wisconsin

Jorge Franco
Chairman, president and chief executive officer
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Wisconsin
1021 W. National Ave., Milwaukee
www.hccw.org
Industry: Nonprofit economic and workforce development association
Staff: 12 paid and unpaid staff members
Family: Single, no children