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Sponsor Spotlight: Sikich LLP

Sikich LLP, a dynamic accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm, has been helping corporations, government entities and non-profit organizations elevate...

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Future 50 Winners Weigh In

Many of the region's fastest growing companies shared their thoughts at MMAC/COSBE's Future 50 Sound Off! breakfast hosted by the COSBE Board of Directors. They shared how they were managing the...

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Business Education Tours Ignite Students at Southwest

COSBE’s Be The Spark – MPS Business Education Tours began last Thursday, by taking children for an informative, behind-the-scenes experience at Southwest Airlines at General Mitchell International...

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Sponsor Spotlight: Creative Business Interiors

Creative Business Interiors specializes in designing, building, painting and furnishing commercial, educational and healthcare spaces. Our expert staff guides clients through a discovery phase called...

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Export-Import Bank reauthorization moves closer to reality

Last week, a broad coalition of Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to renew the U.S. Export-Import (EXIM) Bank's Charter. The reauthorization must also be approved by the...

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A New Year's Resolution: To Fight Inequality

By Tim Sheehy, MMAC PresidentIt should come as no surprise to anyone in our community – at this time of year or any other – that there are shocking gaps of disparity in metro Milwaukee: economic,...

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Q&A with MMAC Chair Todd Teske, Briggs & Stratton

Todd Teske at Briggs & Al's Run & Walk for Children's Hospital. MMAC's new chairman Todd Teske, CEO and President of Briggs & Stratton, Inc., embraces the qualities that make the Milwaukee...

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How are jobs created, and who is creating them?

By MMAC President Tim Sheehy Have you ever been asked by your child why the sky is blue, only to fumble about for an answer (Well, it just is…)? Policy leaders may have the same reaction to the...

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Time to finish what we started in the I-94 corridor

By Steve Baas, MMAC Senior VP, Governmental Affair & Public PolicyThis article appeared in the Feb. 10, 2016 edition of the Milwaukee Journal SentinelDrivers on the 50-year-old congested stretch of...

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2016 Executive Roundtable Platinum SponsorsCENTRAL OFFICE SYSTEMSCentral Office Systems is a Waukesha based office equipment company that services, supports, and sells digital multifunctional printer...

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Update on MMAC's Public Policy Agenda for Education

By STEVE BAAS - Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs, MMACWe’ve all heard the complaint: our economy needs more skilled workers, particularly in the technical and vocational trades. One of the...

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Teacher Externships – helping students connect classroom learning to...

Teacher externships are helping to bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work by bringing teachers into the workplace for first-hand interactions with business leaders. GenMet, a metal...

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Union Grove High School Teacher Externship Day

There’s no substitute for real experience. That was a big takeaway for teachers and administrators from Union Grove High School (UGHS) following their tours of local businesses and industries in April....

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Sponsor Spotlight: SafeNet Consulting

SafeNet Consulting was the proud sponsor of the COSBE Brewers Outing on Wednesday, June 1. We were joined by some of Milwaukee’s finest professionals and it truly was a great event. Thank you to the...

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JPMorgan Chase Pledges Additional $200,000 to Expand the M7 Export...

For more information:Chad Hoffman, Milwaukee 7, 414/287-4156Julie Granger, Milwaukee 7, 414/287-4131 In a continuing effort to grow exports in the region, The Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development...

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MPS students experience careers and companies in action through COSBE’s Be...

For more info, contact Stephanie Hall, Executive Director, COSBE at 414/287.4139                                                                                               COSBE – The small...

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MMAC economic report shows fewer indicators heading in right direction

The latest Economic Trends report compiled by the MMAC shows that only 11 of the 23 local economic indicators it tracks showed improvement in April, down from 15 positive indicators in March. "The...

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Prolitec: The dollars and cents of scent marketing

Many businesses spend great time and energy devoted to reaching their target audience in varied ways. Logo concepts, fresh packaging, catchy jingles and the like. But serial entrepreneur Richard...

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Sponsor Spotlight: Sikich LLP

Sikich LLP, a dynamic accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm, has been helping corporations, government entities and non-profit organizations elevate...

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Future 50 Winners Weigh In

Many of the region's fastest growing companies shared their thoughts at MMAC/COSBE's Future 50 Sound Off! breakfast hosted by the COSBE Board of Directors. They shared how they were managing the...

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