Local News
Energy
Transportation
Northeast
APPLETON – Appleton native Andrew Schmitz – managing director at gener8tor – said historically, his hometown has not been a haven for entrepreneurship. “As a founder who started a company and grew a company here, I can tell you from experience that our start-up ecosystem is certainly not as mature as, say, a Madison, Wisconsin,...
Local News
Service, Hospitality
Northeast
ASHWAUBENON – Erika Dunne said if you asked her three years ago when she started randomly decorating sugar cookies if she would be where she is today – the proud owner of the recently opened Green Bay Cookie Co. – “I would have laughed.” “The growth in three years (and) the place this business has...
Focus on Healthcare
Health, Human Services
Northeast
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – After attending more than 400 births and providing roughly 17,000 hours of postpartum care over the last 10 years, experienced doula and entrepreneur Emily Jacobson said she has much to celebrate, but plenty more to accomplish. After graduating college – roughly four years prior to starting her professional doula agency, Green Bay...
Local News
Health, Human Services
Northeast
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – Jennifer Luer, system director of employee safety and well-being, said SSM Health’s safety culture is built on a simple premise: “When employees are physically and psychologically safe and taken care of, they can best care for patients.” Luer said that mindset recently drew accolades from the Wisconsin Safety Council, which honored SSM...