Category: Media Coverage

Invention earns Jeff Dykes invite to SBA event…Read More.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Wisconsin business owners were among five America’s SBDC clients who visited the White House Aug. 1 for the […]

Jeff Dykes’ compass would direct firefighters through burning buildings; he will participate in a business roundtable with President Trump…Read More

Five clients from the America’s SBDC received exclusive invitations to the White House for an August 1st roundtable discussion; Small Business in […]

Jeff Dykes’ invention to help firefighters in dangerous situations earns him a meeting with the president…Read More

Jeff Dykes of Northern Star Fire is chosen to ask Ivanka Trump and Linda McMahon a question about the ins and outs […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Wisconsin business owners have received exclusive invitations to the White House for an Aug. 1 roundtable on small […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Five clients from the America’s SBDC received exclusive invitations to the White House for an August […]

Aug. 02, 2017 – 4:49 – Stonelock CEO Colleen Dunlap and Northern Star Fire founder Jeff Dykes on what the Trump administration […]

Northern Star Fire, a startup up company dedicated to saving firefighters’ lives, was announced as the grand prize winner at the 2017 […]

Eau Claire (WQOW) — An award-winning Eau Claire small business owner has been invited to share his knowledge with those at the […]

President Trump delivered remarks to small business owners in the White House East Room…VIDEO

Jeff Dykes told Ivanka Trump and U.S. Small Business Administration leader Linda McMahon on Tuesday that he has been a firefighter for […]

Dykes is the founder of Eau Claire, WI-based Northern Star Fire, which has developed an electronic compass designed to guide firefighters when their […]

MADISON – Up to $200,000 in grants will be awarded to five small businesses in the latest round of awards in the […]

The 2017 awardees of grants from the Ideadvance Seed Fund have been announced. This year’s awards total $200,000 and will be distributed […]

An innovative device that can help guide firefighters out of a fire when their vision is obscured by smoke or debris took […]

A company dedicated to saving firefighters’ lives won the 2017 Governor’s Business Plan Contest, which concluded Wednesday during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference […]

Jeff Dykes, founder of Northern Star Fire, is the grand prize winner of the 2017 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, with an […]

A young business that makes an assist device to orient firefighters in smoky fire scenes won the overall prize at the 2017 […]

MADISON – An Eau Claire startup that developed a product to maintain or regain a firefighter’s orientation during a fire took home […]

EAU CLAIRE — An Eau Claire firefighter came up with a device that could save the lives of disoriented firefighters battling a […]

MADISON – An Eau Claire fire captain who invented an eight-directional compass to save firefighters who become disoriented in a blaze has […]

An Eau Claire startup that developed a product to maintain or regain a firefighter’s orientation during a fire took home the grand […]

MADISON — Northern Star Fire, an Eau Claire startup with a device to help firefighters find their way out of a burning […]

An Eau Claire firefighter’s idea for a device to help rescue personnel navigate smoke-filled environments won the grand prize in the Wisconsin […]

Northern Star Fire, winner of the 2014 Idea Challenge, has been named a semi-finalist for a Powerful Answers Award, a world-wide challenge […]