The Entrepreneur's Revolution Starts in Appleton, Wisconsin

The Entrepreneur’s Revolution Starts in Appleton, Wisconsin

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No one is coming to help us.

If the economy is going to improve, it is up to entrepreneurs with the support of their local communities to start companies and put people back to work.

This is one of the messages that was discussed at the 5th Anniversary of the Fox Valley Technical College Venture Center in Appleton, WI. I had spoken at the first anniversary event and they invited me back for #5!

Amy Pietsch, the center director, discussed the impact that the center has had over the past 5 years. The statistics are amazing:

200+ small businesses started or expanded

500+ jobs created

13,613 residents served

Now imagine if we take Appleton, WI’s efforts and multiplied it across the hundreds of thousands of other cities in America think about what could we accomplish?

About the Author: Barry

Barry Moltz has founded and run small businesses with a great deal of success and failure for more than 25 years. He is a small business expert that helps companies get unstuck. Barry is a bestselling author, in-demand keynote speaker, and dynamic radio talk show host.

3 Comments

Mike Maddaloni - @thehotiron October 1, 2010 at 10:22 am

Hi Barry – I concur, as I know a lot of people in education and tech in the Fox Valley.

Today it really doesn’t matter where you are. You and I and probably most everyone else who reads this blog would agree. But where I sit I am looking at City Hall in Chicago – I doubt they, or anyone else running for mayor, realizes this!

So we almost have to ignore whatever it is they do to us and forge on… like you said, you have to be a little crazy!

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Bruce Serven October 1, 2010 at 11:13 am

Very cool!

What a great program!
Andy Tabar October 1, 2010 at 4:34 pm

Small communities are the next big community.

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