March 21, 2022
In this issue:
- A ‘classic entrepreneur’: How James Kyle grew Delavan-based Millennium into one of America’s fastest-growing companies
- Employers tout Milwaukee’s assets to recruit employees from out of state
- Kenosha hopes to draw entrepreneurs to former Chrysler plant site
- Cruise ships coming back, in greater numbers
On the job with: Scathain
Milwaukee-based Scathain has made quite a name for itself in the world of custom furnishings and design.
If you’ve...
Jump start: Alaska Fresh founders want to bring healthy, sustainable salmon to the rest of the U.S.
Location: Menomonee Falls
Founders: Juraj Kusnir and Adra Kusnirova
Founded: 2018
Product: Freshly caught Alaskan salmon from a small-boat fishery
Website: alaskafreshsalmon.com
Employees: 2
Goal:...
Who’s on the board: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Jacqueline Herd-Barber, board chair
Paul J. Jones, vice chair, vice president and general counsel, Marquette University
Pedro Colón,...
Mental health administrator Kevin Kluesner adds new title to his resume: published novelist
Kevin Kluesner takes exception to millennials getting all the credit for popularizing side hustles. After all, he’s maintained one...
Coffee break: Tom McGinty
Tom McGinty
Executive chef, Milwaukee Athletic Club
758 N. Broadway
themacwi.com
Industry: Hospitality
As the Milwaukee Athletic Club’s new executive chef, Tom McGinty...
The interview: Ellen Gilligan
Earlier this month, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation went public with a multi-year $700 million philanthropic campaign aimed at addressing...
Breaking ground: Marquette plans $80 million wellness and recreation facility
Marquette University president Michael Lovell recently announced plans for an $80 million wellness and recreation development on the southwestern...
Real estate spotlight: Kenosha hopes to draw entrepreneurs to former Chrysler plant site
The sprawling former Chrysler plant property in Kenosha has been both a riddle and a place for dreams.
Once a...
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Employers tout Milwaukee’s assets to recruit out-of-state workers
It was a dinner at Lake Park Bistro that helped close the deal on an executive hire at Milwaukee-based...
The more ideas the better: How to foster a culture of innovation in your company
Andy Grove, who was a brilliant leader and CEO of Intel, wrote a book entitled “Only the Paranoid Survive.”
You...
The 7 key attributes business leaders need to address on a strategic planning checklist
My role as a Vistage chair and executive coach includes encouraging CEOs to do strategic planning every year.
Many CEOs...
5 minutes with: Eric Resch
Milwaukee-based Stone Creek Coffee recently became a Certified B Corporation. It’s a status achieved by nearly 5,000 for-profit companies...
