How has Make Mine a Million $ Business helped Wisconsins women entrepreneurs?
The nine awardees have done very well. In the first year after the contest, they had combined revenues of $5 million — a 44 percent increase in their revenues — and a 70 percent increase in jobs. The most important impact is they believe they can do this. The scale and scope of what they do expands, and, oh, my, they help each other. Q: With a growing business of your own and participation in multiple business-related organizations, how do you have time for everything? A: It isn’t about time; it’s about priorities. While I maintain relationships with customers and employees, senior leaders run the business. I don’t have to deal with daily operations; I know our customers are cared for. I believe a lot of small-business people think you wait until you get things under control and then you volunteer, but that just doesn’t work. There will never be a day when everything is under control. You cannot have time for others if all your time is on your own needs, so I learned early to delegat
