Business Insights

Tricia and Brad - The Virtual Foundry Creating something new is always a challenging task.  First, you need the idea, that part is easy.  The challenging part comes in the execution.  Enter 3D Printing. With 3D Printing, you could affordably create three dimensional...

Jason Stendalen - C4 Insurance So you started a business.  You made a plan, put some money into it and are working on dotting i's and crossing t's.  One of those i's is insurance.  You know, the promise you pay for that you hope the company you pay doesn't have to be...

Dr. Marty Greer - Checkout Veterinary Entrepreneurs always seem to have a plethora of ideas racing through their head.  Seemingly without notice you'll just get an idea and you come to a crossroads.  Do you pursue this idea, or do you let it lie?  This happens so...

Jordann Hartzheim - traumApothecary We all have some ailment of one kind or another.  Sometimes it is stress, other times it may be a physical injury.  There are different ways to go about healing these ailments, but how do you know which may work the best to both...

Barbara Zabawa, JD, MPH -  Entrepreneur, Author and Attorney Just when I think I am accomplishing a lot, I meet someone like Barbara Zabawa.  Not only is she a full time educator at the University of Milwaukee, she runs her own law practice, the Center for Health and...

Talmar Anderson - Boss Actions What is a company, if not a collection of employees doing great things.  If it isn't a collection of employees, it's a job, and if the employees aren't doing great things, well, it isn't much of a business either. One of the biggest...

Sam George - Author of Dyscommunication It has happened to all of us, which probably means that we have all done it.  We send a communication out and get no response.  All we hear are crickets. This is the most challenging part of communication today.  We have...

Martha Sullivan - Provenance Hill Consulting Starting a business is a conundrum in balance.  First, you need to work hard, fast and long just to get the business off the ground.  Then you need to push more to add employees, expand on new ideas and keep the momentum...

Craig Lemasters - CEO of GXG It is not too often that we meet people that leave a lucrative corporate career to start their own gig and all the risk it entails.  It also isn't too often that you meet people like Craig Lemasters. Craig is one of the leader builders in...

Victoria Thomas - Kelly-Moss Road and Race When someone tells you that money can't buy happiness, understand that they probably are not looking in the right places.  For many people, myself included, going around a race track is a lot of fun.  The adage for racing...

Pam and Paul - Tintwork Pam and Paul of Tintwork are automotive window tint experts.  They also happen to be marketing and software experts as well.  This is a great combination, since many people that want to start window tinting companies are struggling with brining...

Adam Frydenlund - AF Construction The challenges of starting any business can be tough.  Starting a construction or remodeling company adds it's own challenges.  From needing the skills with the hammer as well as the skills to give quotes and estimates accurately can...

John Warrilow - Built To Sell Just about every business owner I have ever spoken to, when asked why they started their business, has the word 'freedom' somewhere in their answer.  Scheduling freedom, income freedom and the freedom to do what you want, when you want....

Howard Tiersky - From , The Digital Transformation Company Every business that is interested in growing needs to know how to market.  This includes the small businesses as well as the Fortune 500 companies.  Nothing gets done until a sale is made, and if buyers don't...

Vivian Probst - Author, Linguist and Business Consultant Like most entrepreneurs, Vivian Probst is busy.  She consults for many clients on affordable housing, is a linguist with her WEnglish forms of English that works to remove the male dominance in the English...