The Venture Center
It was an idea designed to provide a solution to growing a more vibrant economy-what would happen if we gave people the tools they needed to make business start-ups more successful?
... Entrepreneurs and small business owners are driving the economy in Northeast Wisconsin, the state and the nation. The best way to nurture their creativity is by giving it fertile ground for growth and expansion so their passion, ideas and hard work combine to form innovation, which leads to business development and opportunities for many.”
— Amy M. Pietsch, Venture Center Director.
The Venture Center is an unprecedented hybrid linking education, business and economic development to foster business start-up and growth in Northeast Wisconsin and the global markets in which we participate. Since 2002, we have more than 150 businesses that are either graduates of our E-Seed entrepreneur program or that have used our services to grow existing businesses.
By connecting entrepreneurs and small business owners with economic development corporations, chambers of commerce, institutions of learning, financial institutions and existing businesses, the Venture Center provides the foundation for launching and growing a sustainable business. The Venture Center is housed in the D.J. Bordini Center at Fox Valley Technical College. The college is home to nationally recognized training programs in many fields in business and industry. Although physically located in Appleton, Wisconsin, our innovative business training is being exported globally thanks to the internet and our industry affiliations.
To find out more about our business and industry programs and the complete Venture Center programs, please call 920-735-5709.
Meet the team
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