E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

The other day I was at Alterra on Humboldt and was surprised to see them use heating to keep their outside space usable during winter. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the business reason for it, and if anyone else did that I would not give it a second thought. However, Alterra is very emphatic [...]

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March 13th at the CATI facility in Sturtavant, Wi is the date of the next gathering for the entrepreneurs – StartupAccelerator2. StartupAccelerator2 is a truly entrepreneurial in the arrangement since it follows the free flowing un-conference format that encourages everyone to present and participate. With no pre-set agenda, it is a dynamic learning experience that [...]

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The other day Barbara Elliott Eaves spent some time with me working on my business pitch. Her entire business can be summed up with her slogan: Be Relevant. She does a great job of helping people be just that.
In order to develop a short explanation of one’s relevancy she suggests following the following approach:
1. Describe [...]

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Milwaukee has been world famous for brewing, but it is starting to develop a new kind of expertise: brewing up communities. One example is the community that has been developed by the folks from 1834media. Gabe Wahhab and Luke Summerfield have noticed that while there is lots of exposure to the national combat sports and [...]

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StartupAccelerator, an initiative of BizStarts, Bucketworks and CATI, to bring together people interested in starting and operating businesses in an informal, self organizing fashion is bearing fruit. With close to a 100 people in attendance, during this day long event, the participants developed their own agenda, desided on the meetings of interest to them, picked [...]

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