by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Kelly Fitzsimmons, a Milwaukee-based entrepreneur whose journey has ranged from cybersecurity to voice technology, and from virtual reality to film, will set the tone for the annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium with a Nov. 7 opening session talk in Madison. As...
by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Over 1,000 businesses in the state are getting connected to high-speed internet, thanks to $7 million in recently announced broadband expansion grants. “Broadband access is revolutionizing education, health care, and business just like electrical revolutionized...
by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
As Milwaukee’s Global Water Center was preparing for its 2013 opening, one of the center’s biggest boosters pointed to a neighboring former rail yard. “In five years, you’ll see several water technology companies housed there,” Paul...
by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Madison’s innovation and startup community is on a roll. In 2016, the Atlantic Council found that Madison “may be at a turning point” to become nationally recognized “as a hub for technological innovation and entrepreneurship.” As AOL founder, Steve Case puts it:...
by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
The City of Racine is announcing the creation a new loan program to support and expand small business development. The Microenterprise Revolving Loan Fund is being established to provide low interest loans up to $15,000 to early stage, owner-operated businesses based...
by Tech Council | Sep 24, 2018 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. has been awarded $1 million from the federal Community Development Financial Institutions fund. Wendy Baumann WWBIC, a CDFI, works to expand economic opportunity for women, people of color and low-income individuals by...
