• Client Success Story - New Heights

    Entrepreneur Propels Aviation Business to New Heights

    Whatever your mission, we'll get you ready!

    That's the motto of successful Janesville customization and repair business Helicopter Specialties Inc., recently named Aviation Business of the Year by the Wisconsin Aviation Trade Association.

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  • Client Success Story - Business Expansion

    Cheryl Sment, Interstate Sealant & Concrete, Inc.

    Awarded Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year for 2010 by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Cheryl Sment received assistance with growing her business from the SBDC. Sment transformed her career from full-time nursing to owning and running Interstate Sealant & Concrete (ISC), a company that has provided sealing services for concrete highways, parking lots, and airport runways across the US since 1998.

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  • Client Success Story - Dream Realized

    Roy Magsamen, RM Small Engine Repair, LLC

    Roy Magsamen had been repairing small engines for nearly 20 years when, in 2006, he decided that he wanted to move his engine repair workshop out of his home and launch a full scale business. Before leaving a position as service manager for an auto retailer, Magsamen wanted some assurance that he could make a profit in his new business.

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  • Client Success Story - Continued Success

    Peer Networking and SBDC Consulting Support 40% Sales Increase and Job Creation

    Nelson Sales co-owner, Scott Filter first contacted the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Small Business Development Center when a leadership and performance coach suggested that he consider joining the Waukesha area PeerSpectives group, a group led by UW-Whitewater SBDC director Bud Gayhart.

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  • New Heights
  • Business Expansion
  • Dreams Realized
  • Continued Success

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