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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Ben Kvalo of Midwest Games
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, Ben Kvalo of Midwest Games talks about the rise of the video gaming industry in Wisconsin and an upcoming panel...
The ‘office’ is open! Industry experts on hand for advice at 2023 Early Stage Symposium
Looking for advice for your early stage company – or how to even start one? Financial, small business and legal advisors will be on hand to help in four “Office Hours” spread throughout both days of the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. The conference will...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center: New data shows Wisconsin hospitals facing significant financial challenge
The Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) today released its annual Guide to Wisconsin Hospitals for FY2022, which shows Wisconsin hospitals and health systems facing their most significant financial challenges in more than a decade. These...
WisBusiness: Employers urged to take tech-savvy, generational approach to workforce efforts
The head of a consulting service for Wisconsin manufacturers is advocating for a tech-savvy, generational approach to employee recruitment, development and retention. Chris Baichoo, executive director and CEO of Madison-based WMEP Manufacturing Solutions, spoke during...
In Business: Susan Healy announced as speaker for Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium
Susan Healy, who has served as the chief financial officer for companies such as IAA, Ulta Beauty, and Lands’ End, and as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, will speak on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Healy...
WisBusiness: Leaders in the Midwest health care industry and research community are also applauding the tech hub designation.
GE HealthCare Vice President of Advanced Technology Jay Hill says the state's inclusion "sends a loud and clear message to the world that Wisconsin is perfectly poised for this initiative that will drive significant advancements" in the biohealth field. "We have all...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin lands one of 31 regional technology hubs
State officials are touting Wisconsin’s precision medicine “Tech Hub” designation as a win for the state’s biohealth industries. The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday announced the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub effort, led by Madison-based BioForward Wisconsin, is...
Learn how to launch, fund and grow your own business at SWIFT event Nov. 14 in Oneida
Join advisors assembled by the Wisconsin Technology Council for a free session to help entrepreneurs of all types learn more about the basics of launching, funding, and growing a young business by attending the Tuesday, Nov. 14 event in Oneida. This workshop will be...
Advice from a CFO: Susan Healy to speak Nov. 9 at Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison
Susan Healy, who has served as the chief financial officer for companies such as IAA, Ulta Beauty and Lands’ End, and as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, will speak on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Rockwell Automation to acquire Chicago-based cybersecurity company
Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, a manufacturer of industrial automation and digital transformation products, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Chicago-based Verve Industrial Protection, a cybersecurity software and services company specializing in...
WisPolitics: State officials are touting Wisconsin’s precision medicine “Tech Hub” designation as a win for the state’s biohealth industries
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub effort, led by Madison-based BioForward Wisconsin, is one of 31 such initiatives selected for Regional Technology Hub designation by the U.S. Economic Development Administration....
InsideWis: Need for skilled workers justifies investment in campus tech buildings
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- In La Crosse, business leaders from Trane Industries, Mayo Clinic, Kwik Trip and more want the next phase of a thrice-rejected health and science center to be built on the UW-La Crosse campus. Why? Those companies and others need future...
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: 2024 Fellows Award nominations open
The Wisconsin Academy is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for its 2024 Wisconsin Academy Fellows Awards, which recognizes Wisconsinites with extraordinary levels of accomplishment in their fields as well as a lifelong commitment to...
WisBusiness: Entrepreneurs Susie and Matt Younkle are the winners of this year’s Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education award, the Wisconsin Technology Council announced
The Tech Council's "Triple E" award recognizes members of the state's startup ecosystem who play a role in mentoring and teaching Wisconsin entrepreneurs. "Matt and Susie Younkle have touched scores of young companies over time, providing mentorship while drawing on...
News 8000: La Crosse area business leaders discuss Prairie Spring science center status
The plan on how to begin phase two of the Prairie Springs Science Center at UW La Crosse was discussed earlier Wednesday. The first phase of this project was approved in 2018 by Governor Scott Walker. Since then, the continuation of the science center project has been...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Microsoft VP says construction of Mount Pleasant data center is only the start of long-term relationship
Microsoft Corp.'s construction of a $1 billion data center in Mount Pleasant will be only the start of a long term relationship with southeast Wisconsin businesses and communities, Microsoft's vice president of cloud operations and innovations, Bowen Wallace, said...
Dynamic duo: Mentors Susie and Matt Younkle to accept ‘Triple E’ award at Early Stage Symposium
Susie and Matt Younkle, who have launched companies and mentored scores of startups separately and together as husband and wife, will accept the “Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education” award Nov. 8 at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Registration is open by...
Madison Startups: Stem Pharm Earns Grant, Announces Collaboration
Stem Pharm announced recently that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance a groundbreaking model of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) for drug discovery. “We are honored and excited to...
Let the (video) games begin! State industry status, hands-on demos to open Early Stage Symposium
Video game enthusiasts often cite creation hubs such as Seattle, Orlando and Austin, but a state that pops up on chat screens these days is Wisconsin. Learn more about state gaming companies and even play with some of their products Wednesday, Nov. 8, to kick off the...
InsideWis: With Congress in disarray, data privacy laws falling to states … for now
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The same body that ousted a speaker of the House of Representatives for the first time in history, is confronted by global crises and is flirting with yet another federal shutdown deadline is not likely to act any time soon on establishing...