Thanks to WEDCNews for inviting me and gener8tor to talk about the potential of arts to drive economic impact.

Wauwatosa line to vote >30 minutes and the city is already at 60% early vote. We close our company gener8tor down on Election Days and encourage people to vote / volunteer. Kudos to Molly Dill who is a volunteer at our polling location.

“Eighty-five percent of venture capital went to states that Hillary Clinton won, while only 15% went to the 30 states President Trump won. And this time? Eight years later, the split remains roughly the same: blue states received 84% of 2023 VC dollars, leaving red states with

Our gener8tor and gBETA alums raised $23.3M last month. They also reported over 70 new jobs.

New gener8tor Skills Accelerator chart for the rotation. This showcases a program we are very proud to have built with Microsoft.

We're so excited to share that we've raised a $1.25M pre-seed round led by NextGenVP, with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, gener8tor, and RevTech Labs Foundation to build the definitive private banking platform for non-bank financial institutions. sandboxwealth.com/newsroom/sandb…

Congrats to our gener8tor and gBETA alums for crossing $2.3B raised!

Grateful to join the Center For American Entrepreneurship Board and hope to further advocate for startups with this remarkable team.

Our gener8tor and gBETA alums crossed reporting 12,000 total jobs created. gBETA alums crossed 5,000.

Our gener8tor Skills program has crossed 1,500 graduates with new jobs and new careers. This month we corrected a database error that was undercounting some percentages and made progress against our goal of 70% placement post graduation. Next up is a career event for alums.

We are proud to announce Governor David M. Beasley as chair of our new Advisory Board! Under his tenure the World Food Programme won the The Nobel Prize. He was also recognized with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award while Governor of South Carolina. Welcome, David! gener8tor.com/news/gener8tor…

Saturday in Milwaukee.

Proud of our gener8tor and gBETA alums who raised more than $50M last month. Look forward to their continued efforts to create new community jobs, new community wealth and new community leaders.

We are so proud of the gener8tor Skills Accelerator team and alums. It never gets old watching people lift themselves into new careers.

This is a great startup. Looking forward to our gener8tor team getting a chance to be a part of their story: FarmQA closes oversubscribed seed round, aims to ‘supercharge’ agronomists with AI agfundernews.com/exclusive-farm…

Had a great time at #gec2025 talking about gener8tor’s story with Troy Vosseller and Chelsea Linder.

🥳 Today, we celebrate 10 years of gBETA! Since 2015: 🚀1,320 startups supported 💰 $852M+ raised 🏆 29 exits 🆕 5,678 jobs created 🌎 Programs in 35+ communities To every founder, mentor, partner, and team member who made the last decade possible - thank you. Here’s to

The Swannies Golf founders built their startup from scratch to tens of millions of annual revenue mostly bootstrapped while creating a hometown employer of dozens in Minnesota. Proud to count them as a gener8tor alum.

Happy Fourth of July from Wisconsin!

Our gener8tor + gBETA alums had another amazing month. gBETA alums crossed $900M raised.