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Member Story - State Collection Service

State Collection Service was founded in 1949 and is now a national leader in healthcare receivables.

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Member Story - JP Cullen

JP Cullen is a fifth-generation family-owned business that started back in 1892. The full-service preconstruction and construction company manages and builds new construction, renovations, and specialized work in government, education, healthcare, commerce, industrial, arts and entertainment, and historic restoration.

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Member Story - GenComm

GenComm, formerly General Communications Inc., is one of Wisconsin’s largest providers of public safety systems, two-way radios, and vehicle upfitting. The family-owned and operated business is run by the Vlack family.

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Member Story - Tools of Marking, Inc.

Tools of Marketing, Inc. is a woman-owned family business that sells promotional products with the goal of helping companies market themselves with quality items. The company also offers fulfillment services. The business has seen significant growth recently, almost tripling in size over the past four years.

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Member Story - Triumph Wealth Management, LLC

Wealth management firm Triumph Wealth Management, LLC specifically focuses on the needs of business owners and those that support them. The Madison, Wis., company services businesses in 24 states. Many of the company’s clients are family-owned businesses.

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Member Story - Reynolds Transfer & Storage, Inc.

OVERVIEW Reynolds Transfer & Storage, Inc. has been in business since 1888. Reynolds is a moving company offering heavy hauling and transportation services, residential moving and storage, and office and industrial moving and storage.

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Member Story - Perlick Corporation

Perlick Corporation has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing high-performance commercial bar and beverage equipment and premium residential refrigeration since 1917. The now fifth-generation owned company joined the Wisconsin Family Business Center (FBC) during the generational transition from fourth to fifth generation.

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Genuine Wisconsin Goodness: Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream

Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company began in 1962, when Chuck Sr. and Nancy Deadman decided to open their very own candy and ice cream shop. Their vision was to provide the community with a bit of happiness by serving homemade candy and ice cream. They held the philosophy that quality lies at the heart of every marvelous treat shop, and with this, Chuck Sr., master researcher, tinkerer and perfectionist, set out on a mission of making the best ice cream he could. After countless batches of ice cream, and tweaking and adjusting machinery, he came up with his own original, super-premium ice cream flavors to offer at their shop, located on Monona Drive in Madison, Wisconsin.

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