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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partners‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Katie Schmitz of Ziegler Investments
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Lauren Usher head of principal investing and fund management at Ziegler and chief administrative officer of the...
Insight on Business: Oshkosh entry among final 25 in Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Twenty-five entries representing advanced manufacturing, business services, information technology and life sciences will compete in the finalist round of the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Among the finalists is InMEDBio, Ashwinraj Karthikeyan,...
WARF’s Iverson warns against changes to Bayh-Dole patent law
Erik Iverson, chief executive officer for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, wrote this guest column on threats to the Bayh-Dole Act for the Wisconsin State Journal....
InsideWis: How Wisconsin has added to mankind’s knowledge of the heavens
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A solar eclipse in 585 B.C. ended a long war between the Mediterranean kingdoms of Medes and Lydia when opposing armies took it as a bad omen and laid down their arms. That superstitious reaction, however beneficial to the combatants,...
Aviation innovation can improve how we fly: Learn more at April 23 Tech Council luncheon
Despite occasional headlines that can trigger anxiety, aviation remains one of the world’s safest and most reliable ways to travel – as 90,000 passenger flights per day attests. To remain sustainable, however, the aviation industry must continue to innovate in fields...
WisBusiness: The Wisconsin Technology Council has announced 25 finalists in this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, representing startups working in advanced manufacturing, life sciences and other sectors
These contestants were selected through two rounds of judging, and will compete in the finalist round of this year’s contest. “Young companies such as those advancing in this year’s contest are examples of innovation that cuts across industry sector lines in...
Finalists in Gov’s Biz Plan Contest offer ideas in ag and food tech, health, IT, more
Twenty-five entries representing broad sectors such as advanced manufacturing, business services, information technology and life sciences will compete in the finalist round of the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged after two...
InsideWis: Don’t be surprised when economic data and public perception fail to align
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The two-horse race for the presidency may not satisfy people who wished for different candidates atop the Republican and Democratic tickets, but it has at least focused the debate on how well the American economy is – or isn’t –...
MKE Startup News: 11th Annual Wisconsin Tech Summit
Attendees from across the Midwest gathered at Lambeau Field on Monday for the 2024 Wisconsin Tech Summit. During the event, emerging companies had the opportunity to meet with VCs and major firms interested in partnering with technology innovators. Did we stop you...
InsideWis: Amid the seeming chaos, legislative work gets done
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It’s more than tempting for the average Wisconsin citizen to believe the state Capitol is a place where the daily agenda is limited to threats of recall elections, fights over gerrymandered political maps and other partisan divisiveness....
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Lauren Usher of gener8tor
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Lauren Usher of gener8tor talks about the accelerator’s state, national and even international footprint as it...
WisPolitics: Gov. Evers: Signs historic legislation to support and expand Wisconsin’s electric vehicle infrastructure
Gov. Tony Evers today signed historic legislation, Senate Bill 791 and Senate Bill 792, now 2023 Wisconsin Acts 121 and 122, respectively, enabling the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to receive and administer more than $78 million in federal funds...