Meet the Masters - Presented by Scale Up Milwaukee

Meet the Masters - Presented by Scale Up Milwaukee

The Meet the Masters series consists of seasoned entrepreneurs speaking on the strategies and tactics that scaling companies can use in order to attract financing and other resources. The goals of the series is to highlight local leaders in business, associate Scale Up Milwaukee with high-profile leaders, and create local partnerships. -- Scale Up Milwaukee is an initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, transforming the culture of growth in the region. We host impactful events and accelerators designed to infuse growth into every corner and help spread inclusive economic prosperity.

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May 17, 2023 56 mins

This episode features an interview with Christine Specht, CEO of Cousins Submarine, as part of Womens Entrepreneurship Week. This interview originally took place on May 14th, 2023


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This episode features an interview with Cory Nettles, the Managing Director of Generation Growth Capital, Inc., a private equity fund focused on buyouts and providing growth capital to small businesses and lower-middle market companies in the upper Midwest. This interview originally took place on January 11th, 2023

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July 26, 2022 48 mins

This episode features an interview with Scott Lurie. CEO and Owner of F Street Group. Whose focus continues to be on finding opportunities that maximize returns and wealth creation. F Street group invests and maintains ownership stakes in businesses across a number of verticals, including housing, lending, real estate development, and hospitality.

This interview originally took place on January 12th, 2020

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July 21, 2022 43 mins

This episode features an interview with Dr. Debbie Allen, President, and CEO of DNA Network. Specializing in coaching, educating, and honing the skills of executive leaders of small businesses in areas of Leadership, Human Resources, and Organizational/Infrastructural Development.

This interview originally took place on March 25th, 2018

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May 30, 2022 61 mins

This episode features an interview with Matt Ziegler, President and Co-Founder of ZMac Transportation.

This interview originally took place on May 25th, 2022

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

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May 13, 2022 43 mins

This episode features an interview with Ted Kellner. Founder and portfolio manager with Fiduciary Management Inc.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Sca...

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May 13, 2022 52 mins

This episode features an interview with Peggy Coakley. President and CEO of Coakley Brothers

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Scale Up does this by ho...

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May 6, 2022 44 mins

This episode features an interview with Ulice Payne Jr, President of Addison-Clifton.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Scale Up does this by hosting i...

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This episode features an interview with Stephen Marcus and Gregory Marcus. Chairman and CEO of The Marcus Corporation. a Milwaukee-based company that is a leader in lodging and entertainment. We'll learn how over two generations of leadership, Marcus Corporation became the region's leader in entertainment and lodging.

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May 6, 2022 52 mins

This episode features an interview with Amanda Baltz, CEO of Spaulding Medical. After completing Scale Up Milwaukee's first cohort of Growth Accelerator over five years ago with Spaulding Clinical, Amanda formed a spin-off company name Spaulding Medical. She is a Milwaukee business journal 40 under 40 participant and we hear her story from accelerator to master.

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May 6, 2022 40 mins

This episode features an interview with Sheldon Lubar – Founder and Chairman of Lubar & Co. As he spoke about growing big businesses in the Midwest for more than 50 years and the principles that have guided him and his company in achieving sustained growth.

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April 29, 2022 61 mins

This episode features an interview with Peggy Troy. President and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Scale Up do...

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April 29, 2022 52 mins

This episode features an interview with Craig Culver. Co-Founder of Culvers franchise system inc

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Scale Up does this b...

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April 28, 2022 43 mins

This episode features an interview with Russ Klisch, founder of Lakefront Brewery, as he shares the challenges and successes of growing Lakefront Brewery into one of Milwaukee's most well-known brands.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

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April 28, 2022 40 mins

This episode features an interview with Giacomo Fallucca, President and CEO of Palermos Pizza and how his company grew to be a nationally recognized brand.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

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April 22, 2022 52 mins

This episode features an interview with George Mosher, who along with his wife Julie Mosher founded National Business Furniture in 1975. Over the course of many years, the company made multiple acquisitions, including Business and Institutional Furniture, Office Furniture.com, and Furniture online. At its peak, NBF recognized sales exceeding $125 million. Mr. Mosher led the company until its sale in 2006

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April 22, 2022 46 mins

This episode features an interview with Lincoln Fowler co-founder and co-owner of Collectivo

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

This series is presented by Scale Up Milwaukee, an initiative of the greater Milwaukee committee, whose focus is on transforming the culture of growth in the region. Scale Up does this by ho...

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April 22, 2022 64 mins

This episode features an interview with Jennifer Bartolotta  President of Bartolotta & Associates and former director for Care-a-lotta the philanthropic arm of the Bartolotta restaurants and Founder of Train-2-Gain.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

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April 21, 2022 41 mins

This episode features an interview with Sue Marks. Founder and CEO of Cielo - A Fast-growing, customer-focused, market-leading Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) firm. Partnered with many of the world's leading brands.

Meet the Masters is an interview series that highlights entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs and their successful expansions and stories of growth.

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April 21, 2022 41 mins

This episode features an interview with Andy Nunemaker. CEO of Groupware Technologies, a Milwaukee-based software company specializing in care management solutions. Andy is also the former Vice President of Product Development for Benefits Solutions at Applied Systems and the former CEO of Dynamis Corporation.

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