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Launched in 2019, Racine-based TRT Speech Labs created Hello Audrey, software that aids in speech therapy. The innovative technology company has been named one of the semi-finalists in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. To move the Hello Audrey closer towards a release date, company co-founders Dr. Benjamin Taft and Joey Tenuta spent a significant TRT Speech Labs ready to show Hello Audrey

Shawn Michaels invented Steady Shot, an insulin injection device, in 2016 while he was an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin. By 2020, Michaels received a patent for the device, and he started selling the device directly to customers in 2021. Steady Shot appeared to be on the trajectory of runaway success. But Michaels Steady Shot founder re-aims for success

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Launched in 2023, fin-tech startup e-States is looking forward to a successful second quarter. The Milwaukee-based company that developed a blockchain-based method to allow investors to invest in commercial real estate projects at entry points as low as $1,000, is competing in a number of pitch competitions in the coming months. The company has been e-States Gears Up for Competitions

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WorkShift, the technology platform designed to connect talent with open shifts in the restaurant industry, was a finalist in the 2023 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The Milwaukee-based company, founded in 2018 by Bekki Yang and Manny Lara, won the Business Services division of the contest. After nearly a year of behind-the-scenes work, the company WorkShift announces app launch

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Melanin Minded is one of the 52 semi-finalists in the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, presented by the Wisconsin Technology Council. The story of this emerging company began 18  years ago when company founder Dr. Bashir Easter drove his mother to the hospital for surgery on her feet. What happened next altered the path Meet BPC contestant Melanin Minded

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Fifty-two entries from 30 distinct communities have advanced to the semi-final round of the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced. 19 of those companies are headquartered in the Milwaukee 7 Region. Contestants emerged in first-round competition involving an independent panel of about 70 judges organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council and its 2024 BPC semi-finalists announced

2021 was a fantastic year for WorkShift, the technology platform designed to connect talent with open shifts in the restaurant industry. That year the company received recognition in the MMAC’s Focus on the Future Awards, appeared on Project Pitch It and completed a successful pilot run of the product with Milwaukee hospitality powerhouses Saz’s Hospitality WorkShift brings the gig economy inside restaurants

Lauren Davis has spent her professional career taking care of people. The founder of FASTMedical began her career in health care as a certified nursing assistant (CNA). She later earned her certification as a registered nurse (RN) and went on to become a corporate compliance officer at a large retirement center. Ready to branch out FASTMedical: Revolutionizing assisted-living reimbursements

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When Deanne Herber and her daughters started a podcast in 2020, they had the modest goal of amusing family and friends with stories about their life as a military family. Quickly, they discovered that military families around the globe were tuning in to their show, Kids in Combat Boots. As listeners laughed along with the Kids in Combat Boots serves military kids

Energy Tech Innovations, LLC (ETI) is one of the 26 companies vying for a win in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan contest. Founded in 2015, this company has developed a simpler and more cost-effective way to create biogas, while commodifying the carbon dioxide that is a byproduct of the process. As CEO and founder Bryan With ETI, nothing goes to waste