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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,...
Where Paintbrushes Meet Business Strategy: The Art of Building a Fluid Brand
When artist, educator, and entrepreneur Paula Keene talks about running a business, she doesn’t reach for a spreadsheet—she reaches for a paintbrush. “When I’m painting on a canvas,” she explains, “I start with a plan, but once I begin layering color, the composition...
Why Q4 Is the Best Time to Reassess Your Financing, Investments, and Real Estate Strategy
A Short Year-End Planning Guide for Small Business Owners in Southeast WisconsinBy John Anderson Realtor®, John Anderson Realty In Partnership with Lannon Stone Realty As the leaves fall and our year-end season approaches, many small business owners across Southeast...
What Happens If…? The Real Impact of Life Insurance on Families and Businesses
When most people hear “life insurance,” they think family protection. And they’re right—but that’s only half the story. For business owners, life insurance is also a practical tool for continuity, choice, and calm in the middle of chaos. As an advisor, a business...
Huhn Remodeling Group
I admit — the thought of starting a kitchen remodel had me nervous. Two days before it began, I emailed Deanna Doperalski at Allen Kitchen & Bath to confess my jitters. She replied right away: “Mike is an awesome carpenter, and as soon as you meet him your mind...
Start Small, Think Big: Lessons In Marketing From the Classroom To the Real World
Start Small, Think Big: Lessons in Marketing from the Classroom to the Real World A couple decades ago, before “business” and “art” began to share the same space, I, a new art teacher, worked with the high school’s business department to create a brand-new course. It...
Men’s Hair House Brookfield
Most men don’t know how good a haircut can feel. My husband and my father are not included in that group because I have introduced them to Men’s Hair House. Starting off at the Menomonee Falls location some years ago, they now visit the Brookfield location and share...
Christmas In July: Small Business Milwaukee Style
You’ll be so pleased with yourself. You’re already familiar with that feeling, aren’t you? I’m talking about the delight we get in having planned something far enough in advance where we’re well ahead of the curve—outdistancing everybody else—reaching our goals with...
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