GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Entrepreneurs in the Green Bay area often find themselves starting in an office at the Start-Up Hub on NWTC’s campus, with continuous waves of aspiring business owners joining a community that many love.
Tuesday, community leaders and members of the Greater Green Bay Chamber gathered to celebrate a new business coming into the building.
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“The Start-Up Hub, the Chamber itself, is focused around growth, talent and impact, and the Start-Up Hub is no exception to that,” said Shane Kanneberg, director of entrepreneurship and startups at the Greater Green Bay Chamber. “We really do help businesses launch their businesses, grow and become staples in our community.”
The hub brings together entrepreneurs in a collaborative space, allowing them to network and find their footing in a growing community right here in Green Bay.
“I think this is a great first step. You don’t want to do this blindly — you want to have a plan, you want to line up a board of advisors, you want to talk to customers and make sure that whatever you are planning to do, there is a demand for it,” said State Sen. Jaime Wall. “So you want to do it as smartly as you can, and one good way you can do that is to connect with resources like the Start-Up Hub to help you write that business plan and get your feet on the ground.”
The new business, Four Leaf Communications, founded and owned by former WFRV news director John Laughrin, has leaned on the resources the Greater Green Bay Chamber provides to get the most out of learning how to become a small business.
“I know how to help businesses tell their stories — that’s my background, that’s what I know. I don’t know a lot of things that go into filing with the state, starting a business and figuring that part out, and what licensing you need for that. So to be able to come to a known place that has resources and other people in a similar spot,” Laughrin said.
Laughrin is grateful for the impact the Greater Green Bay Chamber and other area chambers have had on his passion for helping local businesses and nonprofits tell their stories to connect with the people they need to reach.
“Signing those partners up so that I can start telling the community about some of the great things happening in our backyards that they might not already know about — there are great things. If your company is a best-kept secret, I want to change that. I want people to know about what you’re doing so people can support it,” Laughrin said.
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If you are interested in learning more about the Greater Green Bay Chamber and the Start-Up Hub, you can check them out here.
To learn more about Four Leaf Communications and contact John, click here.
