Biz Notes
WHEDA awards RBK Web development contractThe Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) selected Red Brown Kle Marketing Communications,...
Personnel File
Advertising & Public RelationsElizabeth Hockerman joined Bader Rutter & Associates, Milwaukee, as an assistant account executive in the agency's...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Atlanta investors buy Batteries Plus Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, announced it has acquired Batteries Plus,...
Corporate Leadership: Use structure in the innovation process
It's hard to believe that after writing this column monthly for Small Business Times since 1999, I've never talked...
Coaching: Busy business owners may be blinded to deeper issues
If you are running a business, you are nearly always in the middle of something or other. (If not,...
McDermott runs the table
McDermott Handcrafted Cues has helped professional pool players, high-ranked amateurs, billiards enthusiasts and ballroom hustlers make game-winning shots for...
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Sales: Powerful presentation should precede written sales proposal
Let's say you sell rain gutters to homeowners. The prospect calls, you go scope out the job, ask some...
Royal Flush
Herbert V. Kohler Jr. is arguably the most iconic, enigmatic and successful business owner in Wisconsin. Kohler, 68,...
Negotiations: How to alert the boss about a problematic co-worker
Question:I am one of five directors who report to Ron, the president. Four of us work well as a...
Are you your IT department’s worst nightmare?
Company policies on using hardware, software and the Internet are becoming increasingly strict as employers attempt to protect confidential...