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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Breakfast Meeting: Making Wisconsin First in the Nation for Business Success (Friday, August 21, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;h1&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Making Wisconsin First in the Nation for Business Success&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

    &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Friday, August 21, 2026 |&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-family: tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003B5F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location: The Wisconsin Club,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;900 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;h1&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Making Wisconsin First in the Nation for Business Success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#003B5F" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;IBAW is pleased to announce that&amp;nbsp;Kurt Bauer, CEO of WMC - Wisconsin's Chamber will be our speaker at our monthly meeting on August 21, 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#003B5F" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Our policymakers have three choices when it comes to Wisconsin’s environment for doing business. They can help, hurt, or stay out of the way. The Wisconsin Competitiveness Report, released by WMC Foundation as part of its Future Wisconsin Project, provides a data-driven assessment of the state’s economic standing and outlines actionable solutions to strengthen Wisconsin’s future. We will hear from the CEO of the state’s chamber of commerce, Kurt Bauer, about how Wisconsin stacks up on the metrics that matter most for economic growth, workforce development, and long-term prosperity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;li&gt;Kurt Bauer, CEO of the state's chamber of commerce&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;MEETING AGENDA:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7:00 am - 7:30 am - Check in, coffee, networking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7:30 am - Plated breakfast, continued networking at the table&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8:00 am - 8:45 Main Program&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8:45 am - 9:00 am - Audience Q &amp;amp; A&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9:00 am - Program ends followed by networking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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