INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Greg Piefer and his company are on the verge of being one of the world’s biggest suppliers of a radioactive isotope that is used 40 million times per year in health care. The company, SHINE Medical Technologies, just landed a $50-million...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Two standing ovations at the just-completed Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium help to explain the rising role of women in the related worlds of entrepreneurism and investing. The first ovation was Wednesday afternoon for Anne Smith, the...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Throughout the 1990s and well into the 2000s, biotechnology seemed to be the only “tech” in Wisconsin when it came to startups and other emerging companies. And why not? The state was and continues to be a hotbed for genomics, personalized...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Much like debunking an urban legend that seems to live on regardless of evidence to the contrary, the myth endures that Wisconsin is 50th among the 50 states in starting new companies. That’s despite the fact the Ewing Marion Kauffman...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It was significant enough that startup Zerology launched its partnership with Madison’s Green Cab Co. by unveiling a fleet of 20 all-electric Tesla Model 3 cars that will soon be ferrying passengers citywide. It was a bonus that Zerology...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Three years ago, a group of health-tech entrepreneurs, investors and others familiar with the UW-Madison’s painfully sluggish clinical trial process delivered a plea to campus leaders with the power to make changes. The group’s lament:...