Iowa County Area
Entrepreneur and Inventor's Club

The state certified, community access kitchen at The Farm Market Kitchen in Algoma. Our own state certified kitchen will open for public use in early 2010 in Mineral Point. Our 'Innovation Kitchen' will be one of our main focal points in this year's Entrepreneur and Inventor Club.

• Our Entrepreneur and Inventor's Club will meet the 4th Wednesday of every month at Stonefield Apartments in Dodgeville at 6 PM. Map.

• Wed. Jan. 27th. We welcome the team from Sielaff Corporation, recently named Wisconsin Small Manufacturer of the Year. Founder Ulrich Sielaff has earned over 25 patents. The Sielaff team manufactures award winning furniture in Mineral Point for distribution worldwide. Come and learn about how art meets intellectual property and turns into award winning commerce! Learn about the role smart, creative manufacturing can play in developing our region.

• Wed. December 9. CANCELLED DUE TO WINTER STORM.

• Wed. October 28. Mark Olson, President, Renaissance Farm. What you need to consider when starting a new business. Selling direct to consumers and selling through distributors. Mark is a farmer and a certified food processor with decades of small business experience. Mark will be a great resource for people considering starting or expanding a business in the new Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen opening in Mineral Point early in 2010.

Download the media release for this meeting.

• Wed. September 23. Annette Pierce, Food Service Manager at the Hodan Center, host of our new Wisconsin Food Innovation Network kitchen. "What you need to know about starting or growing a food business in the new Innovation Kitchen"