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Chippewa Valley Cremation Services

After working in funeral services for about ten years, Matt Thompson decided it was time to start his own business. In September 2010, he opened Chippewa Valley Cremation Services, offering affordable funeral and cremation services to people in the Eau Claire area. Though skilled at his profession, Thompson needed some assistance getting his business plan off the ground. He found the help he needed at the UW-Eau Claire Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

Milestone Plumbing Inc.

Jessie Cannizzaro had a goal to start her business before she turned 30. On June 1, 2011 she launched Milestone Plumbing Inc., appropriately named for the milestone she reached just two weeks before her 30th birthday. Prior to starting her business, this journeyman plumber with an MBA attended the Entrepreneur Training Program (ETP) at UW-Milwaukee Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

Discount Vials

Glass packaging distributor Discount Vials began in 1999 in the basement of founder and company president Rhett Roeth after he purchased a pallet of glass vials through the UW Surplus With a Purpose (SWAP) program, an initiative that repurposes surplus goods from UW campuses, municipalities and state agencies. The initial success of reselling the glassware on eBay grew to a full-time business for Roeth. Today he runs Discount Vials from a warehouse on Madison’s east side.

SBDC Course Prepares Entrepreneur

Starting her own homecare business was a natural next step for Mai See Vang Yang, a registered nurse in the home healthcare industry, but she first wanted to learn how to run a successful business. The 12-week Entrepreneurial Training Program at UW-Stevens Point Small Business Development Center (SBDC) was the opportunity she needed to gain that important business knowledge.

Organic Dairy a Local Success

Springbrook Organic Dairy, a grass-based dairy in Springbrook, west of Hayward, is the long-time dream of Theresa Depies and her family. One Jersey cow, given as a Mother’s Day gift in 1990, and some help from the UW-Superior Small Business Development Center (SBDC), made that dream a reality. Today Springbrook has 40 head of Jerseys, milks 18 cows and expects to expand to 36 milking cows in the next five years.

Veteran Entrepreneur Promotes Financial Literacy

Entrepreneur Wacinque AK BeMende found a way out of poverty through saving and investing. Now he works to break the cycle of poverty for others, promoting financial literacy for children and adults, through his business KaizenRhino Solutions International LLC, which he launched in September 2011 with some help from the UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

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