August Brown: A Look Back at a Successful Year in 2022

August Brown is a management consulting & advisory firm helping businesses for over 10 years.

The year 2022 was a critical moment in the history of August Brown. It marked a period of incredible growth and success, and it’s something that we at August Brown are incredibly proud of. But this success wouldn’t be possible without our client’s trust and eagerness to grow exponentially.

While the numbers speak volumes about our performance this past year, what does it mean for us? How have our clients supported us to reach such heights in such a short time? In this blog post, I invite you to join me on an exploration of the business journey of August Brown.

We start with some achievements that grounded a successful year for us:

Unpacking the Remarkable Achievements This Year

Our clients were awarded over $330 million in loans and grants by the USDA

Our clients are thrilled to have been awarded over $330 million in loans and grants by the USDA. This significant amount of financing from the federal government is a gratifying accomplishment for our team and those who sought assistance from us.

We are proud that we were able to provide much-needed guidance to many small businesses, particularly those in rural areas. The funds will support these companies through economic hardship, allowing them to continue operations without suffering financially at this moment in history. It’s heartening to know that our collective efforts made such an impact with tangible results – it truly makes everything worthwhile!

Our clients were honored with Food Supply Chain Award

Our clients were recently honored with the Food Supply Chain Award, a prestigious award that celebrates the most innovative and successful food supply chain initiatives.

It is awarded to organizations that have significantly improved their processes within the industry, resulting in greater efficiency and sustainability in the American food supply chain. We are very proud of our clients for receiving this recognition, as it shows how hard work can result in success.

Additionally, this award serves as a reminder for anyone striving for excellence within the food supply chain sector – success lies in your hands! We hope our client’s achievement will inspire others to push themselves further so that we can all continue innovating and improving upon existing efforts.

We added new projects that are in the pipeline of success

Our team at August Brown firm is thrilled to announce that several new projects have been added to our pipeline of success. These projects are being developed with the same commitment we’ve always had toward delivering excellence and innovation while remaining conscious of cost efficiency.

We look forward to seeing how these endeavors come together to bring greater value into the hands of our clients. As part of every new project, our team researches and analyzes potential solutions, considering scalability, sustainability, security, and user experience. We believe these factors will help us stay ahead in an ever-evolving market where customer satisfaction is key.

Valuable Words From One Of Our Clients

We take immense pride in what our clients have to say about us. Recently, one of our satisfied customers had some valuable words for us that were both touching and genuinely humbling.

They mentioned how we had eased their business processes by providing them with the best service possible, being highly responsive, and taking care of all their needs quickly and efficiently.

Our customer also praised the quality of service and consultancy, which is unmatched in the ever-evolving world and at a very reasonable investment! It was amazing to know that someone close to you appreciates your work so much; it gives you the strength to continue striving towards excellence every day. We look forward to many more such testimonials from other happy customers in the future as well!

Thanks For Your Support

There is always the best time to show gratitude and appreciation for all we have. At August Brown, one of the people we are most thankful for are our wonderful clients!

Without them, our success wouldn’t be possible. We thank each and every client who chooses us as their partner in achieving their business goals; without them, none of this would be possible!

Be it high-quality feasibility studies, custom underwriting, planning business strategies, or robust market analysis, all the projects we received had some unique challenges. But calling them challenges is incorrect here as these routes us new ways to solve unique problems. These unique learning curves helped our expert team become more expert at what they do.

Happy Holidays

At last, we want to take a moment to wish you a joyous holiday season and a flourishing 2023 year for your business.

This new year, we want to send out a heartfelt “Thank You” to all those who have placed their trust in us and allowed us to help bring life into whatever project they were working on. Our team members take great pride in knowing that through hard work and dedication, both sides get closer together over the course of any project – it doesn’t just happen overnight! As such, let’s give thanks for collaborating with some amazing individuals dedicated to making something great together.

As founder and partner of tech-focused Milwaukee consulting firm August Brown, Dr Gordon Nameni helps companies take their technologies and products across the R&D/commercial gap, create new products from emerging technologies, explore AI and automation possibilities and scout supply chain opportunities. He founded the company in 2011 after completing a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa and then a National Science Foundation Corporate post-doctorate at AO Smith Corporation.

Why did you found August Brown? 

I am a technology evangelist, a technology translator and I am passionate about increasing the amount of technology that crosses the chasm from research and development into the commercial markets. When we can get new technologies into the hands of people, it can really change lives. Let me give you an example. In the United States, the government wants to save the coal industry and keep coal miners employed and yet environmentally, we don’t want to burn coal. So what can we do here? We have a client that mixed coal with a polymer resin to create a coal composite ceramic that doesn’t burn. August Brown worked with the client to produce a roof shingle product from the technology. The roof shingle concept was not intuitive but the application of coal in roof shingles has opened the door to many more opportunities for coal as a valued-added product in the building materials industry. The US Department of Energy is now providing $122m in funding to establish coal innovation centres throughout the US. It’s estimated that roof shingles could use 10 tons of coal for the average house, which could total 23,000 metric tons in the next decade. This means that residential and commercial buildings could one day receive CO2 mitigation credits that could ultimately make an impact on the national carbon footprint. The patent is still pending on the coal-based roof shingle and other applications that we have developed and qualified. That is just one example of how we can support American innovation.

What do you mean when you say you are a technology translator? 

Technology translation is about matching scientific or industrial requirements to capability from elsewhere, creating new applications in new revenue-generating spaces. The coal-based ceramic roof shingle is an example of technology translation. ‘Technology translators’ often work to identify opportunities for innovation in the marketplace and connect them with emerging technologies in academic and research laboratories. Our national laboratories in this country are extraordinary and we can work more creatively to integrate their resources. Argonne National Lab started a venture capital fund that supports technology development around the energy sector for start-up and early-stage companies. This is a great way to support nascent technology development.

Along those lines, how do we foster technology innovation? 

We work on developing technology and innovation in our own backyards. Where I work and live – the greater Milwaukee area – the state of Wisconsin provided $3bn in tax credits for a company to build the next generation liquid crystal display manufacturing plant in the area. Everything was put in place including a real estate park and then the company backed out. The Milwaukee region has the second highest density of manufacturing companies in the US. As the US government continues to strengthen the manufacturing capacity of the supply chains in areas of national security priority such as the medical and semiconductor industry, the MMC Triangle region (Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago) will be a top destination for these two industries. We are now working on a large study that will analyse the feasibility of repurposing the assets in the MMC Triangle in support of a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the same development site that has already been prepared near the Milwaukee area. This region is a natural fit for the semiconductor industry because of the talent pool, manufacturing base and access to freshwater resources, which will ultimately contribute to lower chip manufacturing costs. If the resources in the region can be organised around the effort, we can make this happen and build a thriving semiconductor industry in the Midwest.

You mentioned you did a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa. Did it play a role in what you’re doing now? 

Yes, I worked on the development of new materials and devices for water purification at the community level. Through that experience, I became passionate about converting technologies into solutions that can make an impact in daily lives. In my post-doc at AO Smith, I had the opportunity to begin to place the technologies that I was developing into commercial formats. That’s the reason I ultimately opted to pursue a career as a management consultant because I saw that I actually had greater leverage in converting technologies into real products that could affect lives.

I’ve read that in your free time, you like to do poetry slams. Would you ad lib a poetry slam right now on technology? 

Yes, of course. Tell me not in solemn numbers, life is nothing but algorithms and widgets for the soul. For the soul is dead that slumbers and things are not what they seem. So give me your algorithms, give me your lessons and I will show you how to convert that into life-changing missions.