The Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest – the nation’s first statewide, tech-based business plan competition – is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted now through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest’s Grand Prize is worth $50,000 in cash and services.
For their initial entries, contestants will submit 250-word [...]
Jellyfish founders Mark Mcguire and Brian Wiegand raised 4.3 million dollars for there next startup alice.com. The funding round was led by DaneVest and Kegonsa. Kegonsa was an investor in Jellyfish which sold to Microsoft last year.
Official Press Release:
Alice.com, the latest start-up from serial entrepreneurs Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire, today announced it has secured [...]
Eso wins the Wisconsin Elvator Pitch Olympics! Congratulations to Eso and all of the other contestants for their participation. I had the pleasure of attending the elevator pitch Olympics last year and I know that it is not for the weak of heart. Standing on stage in front of 100 people with a team of [...]
I tend to be the concerned citizen who votes for laws which take power away from the “man” and give it to the citizens. In the case of the paid sick leave mandate in Milwaukee I had to vote in favor of the “man”. Especially since the main “man” affected is the small business owner. [...]
If you live in Wisconsin and are looking for grant opportunities check out the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network Grant Resource guide:
http://www.wenportal.org/financing_grants/?Id=132
The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Milwaukee (I&E Forum) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8th. It’s A Double Header!!
How I Did It: A real, live success story. Gary Zimmerman founded Creative Business Interiors Inc. in 1991 and has built it into a 70 employee leader in its industry. He will [...]
Below is the article from the Milwaukee Business Times:
BizStarts Milwaukee, a nonprofit entity dedicated to fostering and promoting entrepreneurship in southeastern Wisconsin, officially launched today.
The organization wants to help launch or accelerate 50 new businesses by the end of 2010, an effort that is needed because of the relatively low numbers of new businesses created [...]
As a blog for Wisconsin entrepreneurs I could not pass up an article which equates marketing to fishing. I was “hooked” by the headline.
Advertising headlines are a lot like the elusive musky.
Fortunately – just like fishing pros use all sorts of “special tricks” to improve their musky-catching odds – copywriters use secrets of their own [...]
For all those artistic entrepreneurs make sure to check out:
Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design
The movie is directed by Faythe Levine who own’s Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery in Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Department of Commerce offers a very helpful toolkit for aspiring entrepreneurs. The kit is now available online. Toolkit
