It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. That maxim is certainly true for Milwaukee-based startup, Portfolio Bay. Founder and full-time software engineer Meng Chen began dabbling in investment properties several years ago. As a new landlord, he found he was spending more time than he anticipated on administrative tasks. That is … Portfolio Bay streamlines property management
It is a tragic truth that mass shootings have become part of life in the United States. No one knows this better than Paul Eckert and Robert Austin. The law enforcement veterans have decades of experience providing active shooter training and other tactical safety courses. The men teach variations of “run-hide-fight” techniques but know that … SafePro combats modern problem with modern technology
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
Happy Friday! It’s time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecosystem good news to share, please send it to info@MKEStartup.News Welcome to town, Regal Ware! Regal … TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Funded): This week in MKE startup success
The Milwaukee chapter of 1 Million Cups relaunched May 3 at the Wauwatosa co-working space Expansive. Local organizer, Dujuan Cherry and 1 Million Cups Midwest Regional Representative, Ben McDougal kicked off the event in front of a small, but enthusiastic, crowd. Milwaukee-based founders Elzie Flenard III and Dr. Grace Hameister shared the origin stories of … Spotted: 1 Million Cups MKE
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
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
Happy Friday! It’s time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecosystem good news to share, please send it to info@MKEStartup.News Google features MKE startup The Way … TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Funded): This week in MKE startup success
The Milwaukee chapter of 1 Million Cups is set to relaunch its monthly events. The national program is designed to engage, educate, and connect local entrepreneurs. Founded by the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups is based on the notion that entrepreneurs network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee. The free, weekly gathering … 1 Million Cups Milwaukee is back
Kenosha-based TRT Speech Labs has created technology that aids in speech therapy. The creation, Hello Audrey, is a software program that measures and reports on the progress made in speech therapy by using algorithms that are highly sensitive to variations in human speech. Unlike voice recognition programs, this software focuses not only on the words … TRT Speech Labs aids in quantifying speech development