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Cybersecurity: Protecting the Assets That Make Your Business Work
Part 1. An Overview Cybersecurity needs to be a strategic aspect of your business. What are the important assets of your business? Well, certainly your plan and vision for the service or products. If you have a retail operation, then add in your physical presence and...
Grateful Homeowners’ Story: Trusting Dorshak With Our Trees
The mature landscaping around our Brookfield condo—including an abundance of large Colorado Spruce trees—helped sell the property to us. Within a year or so of moving in, however, we were dismayed to discover those very trees were dying a slow death by fungal...
Experience the Magic: Shakespeare in the Park and Early Music Now
Chances are very few of you reading this have ever heard of Early Music Now (EMN); and just as few probably have an interest in Shakespeare. I'd like to try and change that, if only to expand your world view and introduce you to the free Shakespeare in the Park...
Creating Moments Your Customers Will Remember
As the manager of an independent book store and then as manager of a hospital gift shop, I have very fond memories of special events my staff and I hosted throughout the year. Some that we created for summer fun included a Teddy Bear Picnic, State Fair Comes to the...
Beyond the Pitch: Building Real Connections in B2B Networking
It started with a Panera Bread Sandwich. No, really. Dave was halfway through his club sandwich when Bob, a self-proclaimed “Know it All,” showed up late by 15 minutes and sat down and launched into a 45-minute presentation—complete with laminated brochures, a laptop...
Who Knew Car Service Could Feel This Good?
Turns out, my car wasn’t the only one that left the service bay feeling better. I just received the most unexpected—and welcome—customer service at Griffin Ford in Waukesha. When my dashboard light flashed last week, reminding me it was time for an oil change, I...
Elevated. Aromatic. Alcohol-Free. Meet the New Face of Social Drinking.
There’s a taproom in North Central Wisconsin. At the back of it is a workshop where a scientist with wide-ranging professional expertise in toxicology, research, development, and Big Pharma crafts functional beverages for a target audience of sober/sober-curious...
Meet the Aesthetician Who Brightens My Day—and My Skin
“Hello, Beautiful!” Isn’t that a wonderful way to be greeted? That’s what I’ve come to expect every time I visit my aesthetician, Rio Haag. Owner of Glow Spa by Rio in Brookfield, she’s a little dynamo packed with professionalism, polish, and years of experience. My...
Simon’s Gardens
Moonflowers. Last year, while looking to build on my garden, I read about this perennial vine. Fast growing—really fast—its large, fragrant white flowers bloom only at night. Intrigued, I searched garden centers and found the plant at one of my favorite seasonal...
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