Business Insights

Abe Degnan - Degan Design Build Remodel Generally speaking, contractors are often good at construction and terrible at most other facets of business.  This goes especially for communication.  Abe Degnan, owner of Degnan Design Build Remodel in Madison, Wisconsin, has...

Greg Altman - Lucky Dog Daycare Just about everybody loves dogs.  But if you really, truly want to see a true dog-lover, meet Greg.  Greg owns Lucky Dog Daycare, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin in Sun Prairie.  He has expanded his business to have acres of room...

Allison Dunn - Deliberate Directions Suppose you move across the country and decide to use the skillset you have acquired from years of working in all manner of businesses to start an executive and business coaching company.  You know no one locally, so you really...

Jason Salus- The Hotel Fixer You cannot help but smile when you are around Jason Salus.  That is because he smiles bigger than anyone else and he is kicking serious butt wherever he lands.  Jason is known in the hotel management circles as The Hotel Fixer.  His goal...

Andrew Gonzalez - Cherry Pie, the band Entertain the people.  As a band member, that is your job.  But the business side of being in a band is tough.  Plus you have a bunch of different personalities that need to get along so the band can move along.  Andrew tells us...

Bill Quigley - Amerifirst Home Mortgage Madison Buying a house should be fun.  But there is a lot of money, a lot of paperwork and a lot that can go wrong to prevent you from getting the home of your dreams.  That is where Bill Quigley comes in.  Bill explains in this...

Chandon Williams - Isthmus Wellness When you save a company in order to keep your fellow employees working in a place they love, you are bold.  When you do so and keep a cool and calm demeanor because you work in a business that requires it, that makes you versatile. ...

Jim Herkert - Truscribe When your son-in-law shows some illustration skills, what do you do?  In Jim's case, you start a business that blossoms to become a whiteboard marketing video powerhouse and evolve it into a software company.  You make a name for yourself by...

Bob Brust - Author of Human Understanding Once you reach a certain age you look back and think of all that you have learned.  What would happen if you were to take all of that knowledge and write it all down, publish as a book and sell it as a way for people to learn...

Pio Piotrowski - Delta Beer Lab Innovative is the only way to describe the work that is happening at Delta Beer Lab.  From the simple naming convention of beers as they literally are (EG: IPA #2), instead of some odd creative name to the bartenders working for a...

Niki Konkel - Hairadise Salon For the love of the job.  That is what brought Niki into the world of owning a salon.  A salon that has grown and expanded over the years.  Niki still takes care of some clients because she loves the camaraderie and conversation of her...

Kyle Arneson - Bunker Labs Madison Kyle Arneson is a marine veteran that realized a problem existed.  Veterans coming back from active duty were not starting businesses, at least not many of them were.  This is compared to the national average of entrepreneurs. ...

Jon Helt - MaskHaze Jon is a firefighter.  He has figured out ways to make training for firefighters safer, easier, less expensive and more practical.  He has done this through two major products, MaskHaze and SRTmaze.  With these products he has taken a problem every...