Editing Lawrence Welk (section)

==Business ventures==
Welk was a businessman and subsequent to his marriage in 1930, he was the manager of a hotel, restaurant, and music store.<ref name="obit-WP" />

In the late 1950s, he founded Teleklew Inc., which had investments in [[Music publisher (popular music)|music publishing]], recordings, and real estate.<ref name="obit-LAT" />

In the 1970s, he developed the "Lawrence Welk Plaza", now known as the 100 Wilshire Blvd Building, in Santa Monica, California, the 21-story high rise which was the former [[GTE]] building. Next to that building is the "Lawrence Welk Champagne Towers" the 16-story luxury Apartment Complex, along with the 11-story Wilshire Palisades office building.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/100-wilshire | title=100 Wilshire &#124; Los Angeles Conservancy }}</ref>

In the 1980s, the company became The Welk Group and subsequently split into [[Welk Music Group]] and [[Welk Resort Group]].

Welk was awarded four U.S. design patents for a musically themed restaurant menu,<ref>{{US patent reference | number = D137469 | y = 1944 | m = 3 | d = 14 | inventor = Lawrence Welk | title = Design for a menu card}}</ref> an accordion-themed tray for serving food at a restaurant,<ref>{{US patent reference | number = D164658 | y = 1951 | m = 9 | d = 25 | inventor = Lawrence Welk | title = Lunch Box}}</ref> and an accordion-themed ashtray.<ref>{{US patent reference | number = D170898 | y = 1953 | m = 11 | d = 17 | inventor = Lawrence Welk | title = Ash Tray}}</ref>