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Milwaukee Small business Growth Model
Find out how Milwaukee's new StartSmart Module is helping small businesses grow.

Milwaukee has become the shining star in the country, thanks to its small business growth model. This model was well received, having been appreciated by the incumbent President himself. With a $50,000 monetary grant cum reward given to the city, in a bid to further this cause.
According to Maria Contreras-Sweet, the previous head of US small business Administration ( SBM ). There is only so much that could be done at the federal level, and she appreciated and lauded the efforts put in by the city of Milwaukee.
What is Milwaukee's Small Business Growth model?
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It has been created to ease the arduous process of registration for a small business. In a normal scenario, a business owner may take upwards of 6 days to find out documents related to their business, fill up forms online, and get their businesses checked. With the arrival of the StartSmart website (http://city.milwaukee.gov/Star... ), this task has become much easier.
This program is known as the Red tape Rescue program, as a means to provide freedom from the eponymous red tape, as mentioned above. It implements the recommendations and suggestions made by the local council for business implementation, as well as the city's growing prosperity economic development action agenda.
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The program is mainly focused towards the new upstarts and startups. With an expansion and addition to this
program in the pipeline, and expected to roll out soon. Though, it' important to notice the ease of access of StartSmart. It is quite interactive with the user, guiding you through the whole process, and making certain that nothing is left to chance. One of the first startups to try this was Boost Digital Marketing, who was one of the testers and have been raving about how much easier StartSmart has made in their decision to launch a digital marketing agency in Milwaukee.
When you first log into StartSmart, in an attempt to register your business. It guides you through the prompts, asking you helpful questions like the type of business, location of business, customers in mind etc. And, as an end result, would produce the list of required documents needed to meet recognition.
Why is it important? Startups are known to be the growth driver of an economy. In desperate times, especially the recession, they hadn't shown any weakness. To put things into perspective, they had been growing at quite a rigid pace, especially over the past 78 months. This could be majorly attributed to their impetus to customized customer-related strategies. This helps startups soar higher than their more established counterparts.
Milwaukee small business growth model for startups is a step taken in the right direction. It would ascertain that businesses are provided the right impetus to grow. After all, they are the wheels on which our great
nation moves, as said former President Barack Obama!