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Dec

BizStarts Has Been Helping Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Grow Since 2008

  • Nyesha Stone / 5 years
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  • 3 min read

Entrepreneurs participating in a BizStart informational session. (Picture provided by BizStarts) On Saturdays, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is taken over by BizStarts Institute and turned into a hub for Wisconsin entrepreneurs to receive tools and knowledge to help them in their journey. BizStarts Institute is a community boot camp–under the Milwaukee nonprofit BizStarts–where […]

08
Dec

How A Milwaukee Entrepreneur Turned His Prison Experience Into A Business

  • Nyesha Stone / 5 years
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  • 3 min read

View fullsize Ruben Gaona is interviewed by St. Joan Antida High School Students. (Picture by Lily Shea Photography/Carvd N Stone) From a prison cell to a self-made businessman, Ruben Gaona is changing incarcerated people’s lives. In 2010, Gaona was federally indicted on drug charges along with 21 other people, including his siblings. He then spent […]

01
Dec

This Mother-Daughter Duo Is Writing Fairy Tales Together About Black Children

  • Nyesha Stone / 5 years
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  • 5 min read

View fullsize Ren Lowe and her eight-year-old daughter Kameryn’s first novel: ‘My Magical Brown Unicorn.’ (Photo courtesy of Ren Lowe) 37-year-old Ren Lowe spent most of her life pursuing a career in music, but the truth is ever since she was a child, she has always loved to write. That love has came full circle […]