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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...
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...
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Innovation Award winner: Hydro-Thermal Corp.
Waukesha | Founded: 1934
Employees: 85
hydro-thermal.com
Hydro-Thermal has a 90-year history as a manufacturer of industrial process heating solutions. Its products...
Innovation Award winner: Adam Aerospace
Milwaukee | Founded: 2020
Employees: 6
AdamAeroCorp.com
Adam Aerospace is developing new, blockchain-based data verification software for use in the aerospace and...
Entrepreneurship Award winner: Paul Stillmank
7Rivers | Milwaukee
Founded: 2023
Funding raised: $4 million
7riversinc.com
Paul Stillmank grew his previous company, a Salesforce consultancy known as 7Summits, from...
Entrepreneurship Award winner: Roy Dietsch
PartsBadger | Cedarburg
Founded: 2017 | Employees: 57
Funding raised: Bootstrapped
parts-badger.com
PartsBadger started after Roy Dietsch found it difficult to get a...
