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2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest: Ideas from 17 of the 26 finalists

Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Learn a little more about the ones familiar to us!

Rising costs and how to manage them

For restaurants, every input is getting more expensive. Although you often hear these increases are “transitory,” that is not the case.

What happened to the RRF?

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a $28 billion relief program, was implemented in spring 2021 to help the struggling independent restaurant industry offset losses from COVID-19.

How restaurants can take control amid renewed uncertainty

In many areas of Wisconsin and the entire country, COVID-19 has raged back with a vengeance, prompting updated safety protocols and, in some cases, a shift in consumer behavior.

Political Risk Management & Trade Development

Two topics – political risk management and trade development — are woefully intertwined, yet many managers continue to view these as separate issues.

America’s SBDC 2021 report: We Build Communities

Like our consultants have gone virtual to deliver assistance, information and classes in this pandemic, America’s SBDC went virtual in 2021 for its annual report.