I often counsel business clients that going into a partnership has similarities to getting married. In the beginning, no one anticipates a marriage will end in divorce, other than perhaps your ex-mother-in-law. Unfortunately, divorce happens.... > Full text
Most of the food we eat in Wisconsin travels hundreds or even thousands of miles to get to grocery stores where we shop and the restaurants where we dine out.
There's a growing push at the state Capitol to change that, including legislation to create and fund a statewide program called "Buy Wisconsin, Buy Local."... > Full text
The association has always defended business owners' right to make their own decisions. However, the current patchwork of local smoking bans in Wisconsin is a problem for the restaurant industry. It puts hundreds of restaurants in the situation where they may lose customers to restaurants just outside the smoking ban area or to taverns that are exempt from a smoking ban ordinance.... > Full text
Because they live in a world where most ideas actually rise or fall on merit, entrepreneurs can be a bit naive when it comes to how government works. The debate over the $57.7 billion Wisconsin state budget is a case in point.... > Full text
A UW-Whitewater student organization has begun a collaboration with Downtown Whitewater Inc. to sell team apparel while learning entrepreneurial skills for use in their careers after graduation.... > Full text
