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Why Face-to-Face Events Grow Your Business Faster Have you ever walked into a room full of people and thought to yourself, "I have nothing in common with this group. What am I even doing here?" On the flip side, think of a time when you entered a space that felt like...
Savings Options for Small Businesses, Part 2
Part 2: Making Smart Decisions With Surplus Cash When business owners talk about savings, many think first about not having enough. But an equally common—and often overlooked—challenge is knowing what to do when you do have extra cash on hand. This moment often shows...
Building a Strategic Book of Business
The Power of Intentional Networking and a CRM by John Anderson REALTOR® - Lannon Stone Realty Networking should never be random. Business cards, coffee meetings, and events can create activity, but these activities alone do not build a sustainable business. The...
When Color Brings It All Together
We decided on Big Spender and Feather Stone. I was familiar with the first—it’s in some of my rooms now—but the second will be a bright, new addition, allowing my artwork and dark furniture to really pop. Taking into consideration the many different angles in the...
Savings Options for Small Businesses, Part 1
Savings Options for Small Businesses As tax season approaches, small business owners begin turning their attention to numbers—income, expenses, deductions, and what April may bring. It’s a time of review and reflection, but also an opportunity to think strategically...
The Specifics of Networking: Inside the Milwaukee Breakfast Club
By Sean Neylon What is the Milwaukee Breakfast Club?The Milwaukee Breakfast Club (MBC) is a business-to-business networking group that meets every other Tuesday morning at the Perkins on Highway 100 from 7:30–9am. Just in case you are wondering, the act of networking...
Not Every Success Starts With College: The Story of Michael Huhn
by Jinru Granger Other Paths Besides CollegeThe traditional path of attending college can open many doors, and for a lot of people those doors lead to successful careers, including becoming business owners. That’s one reason parents, teachers, and counselors often...
The Unlikely Success of Brookfield East’s Spartan Union
What you can learn about entrepreneurship from this coffee shop by Bolu Aderugbo Most colleges have coffee shops on campus, but what about high schools? That idea prompted Andrew Farley, Brookfield East High School Principal, to help create the Spartan Union (SU) in...
How Selling Cardboard Is Funding My College Tuition
By Colton Liebert You may be thinking: what do you mean, selling cardboard? Are you selling plain old cardboard boxes? That couldn’t be further from the truth, as the “cardboard” I sell is in the form of sports cards. Usually, when people hear the term sports cards,...
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