Milwaukee ecosystem

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

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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

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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

The word Friday written on a piece of paper

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 

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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

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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

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According to Pitchbook data, 27 Wisconsin-based startup companies raised venture capital in the first quarter of 2023. Nine of the companies that received venture dollars are headquartered in the Milwaukee region. Collectively, the companies raised over $28 million in the first three months of the year. Six of the nine deals involved venture capital from A second look at Q1 VC Funding

The word Friday written on a piece of paper

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