INSIDE WISCONSIN
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InsideWis: Business plan contest finalists capture range of ideas in Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – From three plans for cleaning large amounts of water to a nutraceutical to keep your dog from itching, and from medical science breakthroughs to novel ways to employ artificial intelligence, virtual reality and software, the “Diligent...
InsideWis: Competition for tech talent entering new era in Wisconsin, well beyond
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It’s no longer a case of Wisconsin companies needing to compete against their peers in Illinois, Minnesota or other neighboring states for technology talent. It has become a national and international contest, thanks in large part to the...
InsideWis: Up the river with a paddle: Wisconsin River investors making waves
By Tom Still PLOVER, Wis. – The village and town of Plover near Stevens Point are not unlike many mid-sized communities in Wisconsin, with tidy homes, stores, schools, restaurants, parks and more. But Plover has something hard to find in most other places: It has an...
InsideWis: Exact Sciences story grows globally while remaining intensely local
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – For those people who live in the Madison area or often pass through, the evolution of Exact Sciences in a physical sense has been nothing short of dramatic. From what was a small office in University Research Park in 2009, the cancer...
InsideWis: Reconciling federal R&D bills won’t be easy; can Wisconsin members help?
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Two years ago, when the bill was called “The Endless Frontier Act,” Wisconsin’s Mike Gallagher was among four bipartisan members of Congress who took the lead in pushing for deeper federal investment in science and technology to...
InsideWis: Easing early childhood education woes part of solving worker shortage
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The numbers are hard to dispute: Kids who attend organized but relatively inexpensive pre-school programs are more likely to graduate from high school, to earn more as adults, to stay off welfare and to avoid spending time in jail. All of...