7 Chippewa Valley Networking & Business Programs

succeeding as a start-up can be all about meeting the right people and finding the right programs

Are you thinking about taking the leap into entrepreneurship? Have you already started your own business but could you still use a hand, a sympathetic ear, or some inspiration? The Chippewa Valley offers a rich environment to create and expand your own business ...

1 Million More

Eau Claire chapter of 1 Million Cups continues to grow

When the Eau Claire chapter of the nationwide entrepreneurial promotion program 1 Million Cups began holding weekly meetings about three years ago, attendance was usually around a dozen or two.

Spotting for Start-Ups

Menomonie business owner offers insight into Chamber benefits

Thomas Sampson is chairman of the Young Professionals of the Menomonie Chamber of Commerce and owner of The Machine Shed CrossFit gym. He opened his gym in 2016 and joined the chamber ...

Ranked at the Top

U.S. News puts UW MBA Consortium among best online programs in the country

For the first time, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium program among the top nine programs in the nation in its Best Online MBA Programs rankings ...

Nurturing Growth

Small Business Development Center expands at UW-Eau Claire - Barron County

The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-Eau Claire recently opened an office in Meggers Hall at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake ...

Building Community Brick by Brick and Board by Board

market & johnson has created an award-winning business by keeping customers first

You’re forgiven if you didn’t realize that Market & Johnson’s headquarters is on Galloway Street in Eau Claire. After all, those of us who live in the Chippewa Valley are used to seeing their name everywhere ...

Slow to Start?

Wisconsin ranks low in nationwide index of entrepreneurship

We have some good news and some bad news about Wisconsin’s national rankings for entrepreneurial activity. The good news is that – unlike the previous three years – Wisconsin didn’t place dead last among the states ...

Business-Building Basics

Succeeding as a start-up can be all about meeting the right people and finding the right programs. here are the key ways to do that in the valley.

Are you thinking about taking the leap into entrepreneurship? Have you already started your own business but could you still use a hand, a sympathetic ear, or some inspiration? The Chippewa Valley offers ...

New Ideas Percolating: 1 Million Cups brings entrepreneurs together over coffee

Sometimes a cup of coffee is more than just a cup of coffee. Just like a humble napkin can hold crumbs and a sketch of a million-dollar idea, a cup of coffee can be a stimulant to both the central nervous system and an entrepreneur’s dreams ...

From Idea to Prototype: UW-Stout Center gets $50,000 entrepreneurship grant

Bob Rosendahl of Menomonie, who has invented Cradle Stake, a product designed to secure gutter downspouts and protect them, said that an Entrepreneurship Support program from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. ...