This Week in Milwaukee Rising is a newsletter series published by Technical.ly and underwritten by the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. Through articles and weekly newsletters, this series will highlight the social entrepreneurs, civic technologists and creative innovators who are most shaping the Midwest city, especially those focused on bringing a more just, equitable and dynamic Milwaukee economy.
Here’s Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition CEO Kathy Henrich’s blueprint for getting the region out from under the shadows of bigger emerging markets.
Technical.ly asked DEI pro Beth Ridley, whose home state of Wisconsin has been dealing with the fallout from both the Rittenhouse verdict and tragedy at a public holiday event, how companies should respond when tragedy strikes.
Founded by Ruben Gaona and Eli Rivera, the Milwaukee startup offers an anti-bias job platform and services aimed at reducing barriers to hiring for the formerly justice-involved.
The Milwaukee hub's concierge startup services and accelerator have served as a launching pad for dozens of startups and awarded more than $100,000 in funding, with a focus on racial equity. "I didn’t want to see a 'Tale of Two Cities,'" Johnson told Technical.ly.
See who's building a more just, equitable and dynamic economy in the Wisconsin city with Technical.ly's new newsletter series.
In a building that formerly housed a bank set ablaze in civil unrest, the Sherman Phoenix is a center of Black-owned businesses. Its transformation offers lessons at the intersection of economic development and community.
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