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After reviewing more than 60 entrepreneurial business plans for DeVry University and the Governor's Business Plan contest, I found that the plans shared similar strengths and weaknesses.

Question: "Employees in the customer service department I supervise are catching flak from other departments...

Have you ever eaten a Fudgsicle? If not, I recommend it. But more importantly, I recommend your management team act like a Fudgsicle – that is to say, be consistent all the way through.

Most investors have seen their portfolios take a significant hit during the Great Recession. It is not uncommon...

Triangle Tool Corp., a Milwaukee-based specialty tool maker that serves the plastics industry, recently completed an 18,000-square-foot addition to house its new specialty tooling division.

In June, Germantown-based L.T. Hampel Corp., a thermoforming plastics manufacturer, sold its line of branded portable restroom products to Satellite Industries, a Minneapolis company. Satellite is the industry leader in the portable restroom business.

To boost its efficiency and improve its chances for long-term growth, Oostburg-based Dutchland Plastics Corp. is consolidating its local operations into one 160,000-square-foot facility.

The plastics industry, particularly the molding sector, has a rich history in southeastern Wisconsin. The region has been home to hundreds of injection molders, thermoformers and blow molders for decades, employing thousands of people.

The development of applications surrounding social media tools such as Twitter is seemingly endless. However, the development of Milwaukee-based Spreenkler's TwitterLens enables individuals and companies to virtually "listen in" on conversations anywhere in the world, and allows them to do it in an organized, easy to monitor manner.

This week, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, I have interrupted our regular programming to give you an article by Matt Beyer, one of Wisconsin's native sons who is one of the legion of China's half-pats.