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THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S SMALL BUSINESS ACADEMY
As many small business owners will tell you, there’s the part you’re passionate about—and then there’s all the other stuff that comes with owning a business. You know, all the financial, legal, marketing, logistical, and technological work it takes to run a business.The Lieutenant Governor’s Small Business Academy offers practical advice from business owners who have successfully made it through the initial stages of starting and growing their companies.
It also features workshops that cover topics like:
- Financing options
- Legal concerns
- Regulatory issues
- Information technology
- Small business certifications
- Identifying markets and sales opportunities
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2025 Small Business Academy
Virtual Event: May 6-8, 2025
In-Person Event: May 9, 2025 (11 Sites)
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Gov. Evers, WEDC Announce $3.2 Million in Grants to Support Small Businesses Statewide
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), today announced that 19 organizations have received nearly $3.2 million in Small Business Development Grants (SBDG) to uplift small business development in local communities across the state. The SBDG Program provides grants to local communities and organizations to directly invest in small businesses and small business creation, including bolstering Main Streets, supporting youth entrepreneurship, improving infrastructure, providing technical assistance, and more.
“Wisconsin’s small businesses are the hearts of our communities and are important and powerful drivers of our state’s economy,” said Gov. Evers. “Now more than ever, it is critical that we do all we can to support the success of our state’s small businesses across our state. These investments we’re announcing today send a message that, here in Wisconsin, if you have a great business idea and the willingness to work hard to make it happen, our administration is here to support you and your good work. It’s that simple.”
“Small businesses play a vital role in creating the communities we live, work, and play in,” said WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes. “But sometimes they need a little boost. With the help of our community partners, small businesses will be able to continue to thrive and contribute to our communities.”...
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Beaver Dam Receiving Grant Funds From Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
(Beaver Dam) The city of Beaver Dam is getting grant funds from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. In total, 19 organizations will receive a share of nearly $3.2-million-dollars in Small Business Development Grants. Beaver Dam is in line for $50-thousand-dollars which will be used to expand its existing Downtown New Business Recruitment Grant. The program provides $5,000 to brick-and-mortar businesses in the city for lease and mortgage payments, operating expenses, as well as building repairs and improvements.
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NEWisco Gets $1 Million in Small Business Development Grants
GREEN BAY, WI – (WGBW) – Six Northeast Wisconsin communities and organizations receive part of $3.2 million in Small Business Development Grants (SBDG) from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and Governor Tony Evers.
The SBDG program provides grants to local communities and organizations to directly invest in small businesses and small business creation, including bolstering Main streets and supporting youth entrepreneurship. The program grants are also used to improve infrastructure, provide technical assistance, and more.
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App under development at UW could make it easier, more affordable to ‘age in place’
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are using augmented reality to make the homes of older adults safer. Their innovation will not only streamline a sometimes clunky process but also support a more affordable and community-based approach that can reach more people.It’s an urgent issue: Older adults in Wisconsin have the greatest chance of death after a fall. And as people live longer and healthier lives, the number of older adults in the U.S. is growing quickly. It’s estimated that, within the next decade, one out of every three households in America will be headed by someone 65 or older.
This means “anything we do to prevent falls is really important,” says Ann Albert, the executive director of Wisconsin-based nonprofit AgeBetter.
Wisconsin`s Construction Training Program Could Serve as National Model
Wisconsin has earned national attention for its success in growing state apprenticeship programs over the last several years. David Polk, the director of the Wisconsin Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards since 2022, has been a huge part of that success. He’s fostered partnerships with community and technical colleges to create a bigger pipeline to apprenticeships and has doubled down on making sure those apprenticeship programs teach skills employers really need.
- The construction industry says it needs nearly 440,000 more workers to meet 2025 construction demand.
- Apprenticeships
are essential to the development of a skilled workforce for the sector.
The registered apprenticeship programs in 33 states play an important
role in this training.
- Enrollment in Wisconsin’s
registered apprenticeship programs for construction trades increased for
the fourth year in a row in 2024. It’s a model for other states, but
states alone won’t fill the need.
Trump administration affirms Biden-era clean energy grant for Dairyland Power
The La Crosse-based electric cooperative will receive the $595 million awarded under the Biden administration amid continued federal cuts
Since taking office, President Donald Trump’s administration has cut many grant programs created by his predecessor.But a western Wisconsin power cooperative is one of the groups that will maintain its Biden-era funding, which was awarded to help invest in renewable energy projects and transmission infrastructure.
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Researchers, lawmakers look to turn Wisconsin into the `Silicon Valley` for nuclear energy
STOUGHTON – Researchers and state lawmakers are hoping to turn Wisconsin into the "Silicon Valley" for nuclear technology research and development, ushering in a new era of clean energy generation for the state.A group of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Realta Fusion, a Madison-based nuclear startup, have developed a fusion device in Stoughton that creates the same kind of reaction that fuels the sun and stars. The process is much different than fission, the nuclear reaction that powers current nuclear reactors and the atomic bomb.
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