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Business Professionals Join to Assist Wisconsin Business Owners Grow and Create New Jobs
Elm Grove, WI, June 1, 2011 – There’s a new group in town that’s not waiting for government to help the economy in southeast Wisconsin. The Business Growth Advisors is a unique group of business professionals dedicated to helping Wisconsin businesses thrive and grow.
Business Growth Advisors’ goal is to assist businesses to create 2,500 new well-paying jobs in southeast Wisconsin within the next 5 years. The group is working on a detailed plan to support businesses to achieve this job creation goal.
The uniqueness of the group comes from its choice of members. Members of the group are selected on the basis of experience and expertise without regard to whether there are other members of the same profession in the group.
The charter BGA members are: Tom Palzewicz, ActionCOACH of Elm Grove; Chris Carman, ActionCOACH of Elm Grove; Jim Palzewicz, ActionCOACH of Elm Grove; Chris Penasa, ActionCOACH of Elm Grove; Greg Junek, Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP; Debbie Kossow, Clifton Gunderson CPA; Sandy Swartzberg, Dewitt, Ross & Stevens, SC; Troy Beauchamp, HNI Risk Services, Inc.; Richard Hensley, Investors Bank; Michael Schmeling, Jannsen & Company SC; Daniel Galligan, Mayer Galligan Law, LLC; Joel Nettesheim, SVA Certified Public Accountants, SC; Mark Pietrowiak, TCF Bank; Steven Glaser, The Schroeder Group, Attys at Law; and Pat Pfersch, Town Bank.
The group is dedicated to improving the business climate in Wisconsin and increasing jobs. The group wants to privately help businesses to thrive in a new global economy. The group will also provide a high-quality networking venue.
Tom Palzewicz, ActionCOACH of Elm Grove, is president of BGA. Palzewicz stated “We are looking for established businesses that want to grow and thrive.” We believe that by offering this type of assistance, we can help change the economic climate in Wisconsin.”
Joel Nettesheim, a member of the business advisor group for SVA, states “There are so many resources and opportunities for businesses in Wisconsin, but the fact is that many Wisconsin businesses are ignorant of these resources.”
Jim Palzewicz of ActionCOACH shares, “Business owners are willing to take on enormous risk, and often put everything they have on the line. We’re committed to doing all we can to help them succeed.”
Sandy Swartzberg underscores, “There are businesses in Wisconsin that could be doing business with other businesses in Wisconsin, but they are totally unaware of each other. One of our primary goals is to bridge that gap.” Swartzberg is senior partner, chair of the Technology Group, and former chair of Business Practice Group at DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C.
Daniel Galligan of Mayer Galligan Law, LLC, said “As with any type of network-based group or association, the members will only get out of it what they are willing to put into it. To date, we’ve built a solid core of individuals and businesses who are willing to devote to the group a tremendous amount of their time and talents. We’re moving forward with the philosophy that only good things result when introducing good people and companies.”
Greg Junek, Managing Partner of Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP states, “Coming out of the recent economic downturn, business owners will be able to access the vast professional advisory experience that is included in Business Growth Advisors.”
Steve Glaser of The Schroeder Group, S.C., Attorneys-at-Law, explains, “The growth of the economy will be driven primarily by entrepreneurs and privately held businesses in the coming years. Unfortunately these businesses often do not have access to the resources that can help propel their growth, or don’t have the time to track down and utilize the resources that are available to them.
“With the quality of the advisors within our group, privately-held businesses will be able to access top-notch professionals spanning a variety of areas of expertise that are crucial to helping the business owner. The growth of these businesses will create significant improvement in the metro-Milwaukee area business climate, and Business Growth Advisors is committed to enabling business owners to realize their potential.”
Tom Palzewicz, president of BGA, explains, “Wisconsin has a great entrepreneurial culture with many successful businesses, and these businesses could be even more successful with the right help.”
Business Growth Advisors’ vision is “building a thriving community by creating successful, healthy, growing, job-creating businesses.” The group’s mission statement is “to assist business owners in operating and growing their businesses through our network of professional advisors:
* We provide practical and trusted advice to business owners and provide resources, including access to professionals as well as referrals to our professional networks to provide results in a more efficient manner.
* We accomplish this by providing educational opportunities (seminars, panel discussions), access to professional and social networks, referrals, business clubs, and information clearinghouse in SE Wisconsin.”
Business Growth Advisors is a unique group of dedicated professionals, located in SE Wisconsin, with a mission to help business owners operate their businesses and grow through a network of business advisors. Business Growth Advisors provides trusted, practical and common-sense advice to business owners.
For more information and to contact Business Growth Advisors, call Tom Palzewicz at (262) 790-1213 or by e-mail at tompalzewicz@actioncoach.com.
