In the last century, Wisconsin manufacturing companies were a major force in the entrepreneurial economy of the United States. We could not have won World War II without products manufactured in our home state. Most of those companies in Wisconsin were startup family businesses. Many, such as Harley-Davidson, went on to become publicly traded companies…
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“Necessity is the mother of invention,” is an English proverb which means necessity or difficult situations encourage inventive solutions. How is it possible for entrepreneurs with little in the way of resources, a small management team, very little capital for R & D, and no customers, to take on existing companies and introduce products or…
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They were giants that dominated the Earth. They are, of course, long gone. But oddly enough, small sea mollusks have survived for 545 million years! The greatest insight from Charles Darwin is contrary to what we normally think. Being the strongest or the smartest is not always enough to ensure survival. Adaptability to a changing…
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Listen to words of wisdom from some of our founding fathers and political thinkers: Benjamin Franklin: “When you are finished changing, you are finished.” Henry David Thoreau: “Things do not change, we change.” Ralph Waldo Emerson: “We change whether we like it or not.” We have all heard the story of the Pilgrims who landed…
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