It hit me today when I heard that China was loosening restrictions on Shanghai after a couple of weeks of lockdown due to their zero-COVID policy: How is anyone to emerge from the pandemic’s supply chain disaster unscathed?
April 26, 2022
Small Business Development Center
April 8, 2022
2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest: Ideas from 17 of the 26 finalists
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Learn a little more about the ones familiar to us!
March 28, 2022
Exporting Climate Change
I’ve long wondered: If/when cleantech comes back into vogue, what will it look like? The underlying trends — a world of constrained resources for 9 billion people by 2050 — continue to chug along, as solar panels and wind turbines grow and electric vehicles begin to make a dent.
March 14, 2022
RRF replenishment effort fails; Wisconsin tax measures signed into law
While last week brought one headline with bad news, Wisconsin had its own small measure of good news.
February 24, 2022
With Russia’s attack on Ukraine, what your small business needs to watch out for
You may be wondering how events in Ukraine affect you or your business.
February 1, 2022
Extraterritorial jurisdiction: What to do with competing legal requirements
If trade tensions continue, companies may increasingly find themselves subject to competing compliance obligations, demanding a careful review of applicable compliance policies, procedures and practices.
December 6, 2021
Tariff Engineering
Effective Duty Mitigation Strategies In its simplest terms, tariff engineering means an importer is allowed to make a product in a way that the lowest possible duty rate applies at time of importation.
November 3, 2021
Shop Small, Shop Sooner: It’s a ‘win-win’ situation
This holiday season, Shop Small and Shop Sooner go hand in hand.
We’re borrowing, with permission, an idea from our neighbors at the Iowa SBDC to encourage supporting local businesses in all the ways possible.
September 28, 2021
Celebrating small businesses that have persevered through the pandemic
Especially during National Small Business Week (Sept.
August 19, 2021
Congrats again to Wisconsin’s ‘State Stars’
On Wednesday, America’s SBDC hosted a 30-minute virtual live celebration for all the 2020 and 2021 State Stars across the country.