Mark Becker and Jeff Peterson, the founders of Geneva Supply Inc., have been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Wisconsin Small Businesspersons of the Year.
Lakewood Reaping Benefits of Curriculum, Instructional Changes
Thanks to a SOARing grant from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction, and a team of experienced educational consultants from CESA 2, Lakewood is exceeding expectations.
Whitewater Grocery Co. Delivers Special Opportunity for Local Community
The Whitewater Grocery Co. will be a community-owned grocery provider with different and healthier food choices previously unavailable to the Whitewater community. The goal of the store is to get 1,000 community owners by opening day, and of course, ownership comes with benefits.
School Districts Find Savings with JEDI Virtual
The Marshall School District will host a statewide online charter school, JEDI Virtual , through the 2022-23 school year. In exchange for taking a turn administering the program, Marshall’s $10,500 annual fee for collaborating school districts will be waived for the next three years.
Entrepreneurship Coordinator creates new app for health
David Gee, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at UW-Whitewater and Co-Director of UWW Launch Pad, is working on an app that focuses on mental health. Through the HUG app, people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue will have a way to connect with mental health professionals who can provide help.
Geneva Supply & Biz Tank Receive the Dr. Robert Spitzer Memorial Award
At the Annual Meeting Awards, the Walworth County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA) recognizes businesses within the county that go above and beyond the status quo. Geneva Supply was awarded the 2019 Dr. Robert Spitzer Award for their BizTank Program. In addition to creating unique programs for students, Geneva Supply has awarded over $60,000 in scholarships.
Innovatrium & Air University Kick Off Project Mercury
Air University and the Innovatrium recently kicked off Project Mercury. Project Mercury aims to
develop a strategy to make the Air University the center of gravity for Air Force innovation education. John DeGraff is actively coaching 5 innovation teams.
Iobac & Scanalytics Form Strategic Alliance
To accelerate the synergy between their complementary technologies for the sensored flooring market, Scanalytics and Iobac recently announced their strategic alliance.The agreement covers both the sales and marketing, and supply and development, of modular sensored flooring using magnetic and graphene based technologies for the conference and exhibition, retail, and healthcare markets.
New Book Helps College Students Become Entrepreneurs
David Gee, a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and co-director of the student accelerator Launch Pad, recently released his second book. The College Student Startup Guide provides college students with a manual for balancing college life and launching a thriving startup.This book is designed to be a practical, easy-to-read, step-by-step guide.
Luxemburg-Casco offers JEDI Virtual School
The Luxemburg-Casco School District is now participating in a not-for-profit charter school program that is connecting students with potential careers. The JEDI Virtual School consortium works with about 14 school districts across the state of Wisconsin.
What's Typical About Today's Office Space?
There is no longer a typical office. Today's workspaces come in various layouts, designs, and color. Geneva Supply was recently 1 of 9 companies across the country who was featured in a recent report, 9 Office Spaces in the U.S.: Do Employees Really Want Open Floor Plans?
Geneva Supply Attends Hawk Career Fair
Geneva Supply attended the October 2nd Hawk Career Fair; it was the company’s first appearance at a Hawk Career Fair. The company runs its BizHub internship program out of the Innovation Center. 2018 proved the concept was a success. Looking ahead, Geneva Supply, Inc. is expanding on this concept and will be rolling out a project-based internship platform for college students on gotinterns.com. The platform will allow businesses nationwide to connect with college students who are interested in project-based internships.
Getting Down to Business
The 540 acre Whitewater Business Park is one of the largest office and industrial development parks in Southeastern Wisconsin and could potentially expand to nearly 1,000 acres in the future. As one of the largest segments of the Whitewater Business Park, the Whitewater University Technology Park consists of 130 acres and features the Whitewater University Innovation Center as its cornerstone.
Geneva Supply Named Fastest Growing Company of 2019 Future 50
Delavan-based Amazon strategy and fulfillment company Geneva Supply Inc. was named the fastest growing company of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and its Council of Small Business Executives 2019 class of Future 50 companies.
Inno Under 25: The Rising Wisconsin Tech Leaders to Watch
Congrats to Ben Breitenbucher with Blue Line Battery and Brandon Fong with Ultimate Advantage! The 2019 Inno Under 25 list features both University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduates as rising Wisconsin tech leaders.
TESCHGlobal Earns Repeat Placement on Inc. 5000
TESCHGlobal ranked No. 850 on the 38th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. This is the second year in a row that TESCHGlobal has earned placement with the most successful companies in America's dynamic independent small business sector.
Ideawake Raises $780K in Funding
Ideawake raised $780K in funding this summer! Ideawake is currently funded by BrightStar Wisconsin, a state-wide funding source, and is part of the gener8tor family of companies. Ideawake continues to raise additional funding.
UWW's SBDC Could Benefit More Businesses
As Kevin Kaufman, the Director of the Small Business Development Center at UW-Whitewater explains, "My favorite clients are clients that know where they are, they know where they wanna get to, but they need some help getting there. Or clients that know where they are and don’t like it."
Scanalytics Leads the In-Store Analytics Market
Scanalytics was 1 of 10 companies analyzed in the "Global In-Store Analytics Market Analysis to 2027," which provides an in-depth study of the In-Store Analytics industry with a special focus on global market trend analysis.
TESCHGlobal Named a 2019 Future 50 Company
TESCHGlobal has been named a 2019 Future 50 company by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce's Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE). The Future 50 recognizes privately-owned companies in the seven-county Milwaukee region that have been in business for at least three years and have shown significant revenue and employment growth.