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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"UW-Eau Claire: Dr. Lisa Jepsen named dean of UW-Eau Claire’s College of Business
Dr. Lisa Jepsen, who has 23 years of experience as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Northern Iowa, has been named the new dean of the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Jepsen, who was associate dean in UNI’s College...
Deloitte: Deloitte IPO Self-Assessment Tool
While deciding to go public is an exciting step in your company’s evolution, it’s a complex journey that requires planning, guidance, and a well-developed process. Deloitte created IPO SelfAssess, a free online tool to help advise you on the start of your IPO journey....
In Business: Forty Under 40 Application
Please fill out the following survey to be considered for IB's Forty Under 40 (40 professionals under the age of 40). Our editorial team evaluates submissions once a year and looks forward to your submission! Applications should be completed and submitted by the...
MKE Startup News: Soul Mobility rolls toward Power-Flex launch
Founded in 2020, Soul Mobility has had an amazing year, and its product hasn’t even hit the market yet. Fresh off the company’s win in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest in the Life Science category, Soul Mobility also secured the Impact Award at...
InsideWis: Can’t find enough workers? More manufacturers turn to tech for answers
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- Attracting and retaining skilled workers remains a leading worry for Wisconsin manufacturers, but they’re not letting it stand in the way of competing in what many see as an uncertain economy. In fact, automation and adoption of emerging...
WisBusiness: Human expertise remains crucial in AI applications, business users say
AI is being used for crunching data, detecting fraud, writing software, analyzing language and much more, but business users say human expertise remains as important as ever. Spencer X. Smith, founder of Madison-based digital marketing firm AmpliPhi, emphasized the...
Michael Best: Michael Best Combines with Healthcare Law Firm Trifecta General Counsel
Michael Best is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s healthcare practice with the addition of Trifecta General Counsel law firm. The group joining Michael Best includes Managing Partners Andrew Briggs and Michael Evens, who will join as partners, along...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Froedtert to fully acquire insurance provider serving 23 Wisconsin counties, 117K people
Froedtert Health this week announced plans to buy out another health system's share of an insurance provider that serves 23 Wisconsin counties and 117,000 people. Ascension Wisconsin has agreed to sell its 50 percent interest in Network Health to Froedtert, after the...
Startup Wisconsin: New North Pitch Series
Welcome to the New North Pitch Series in partnership with six local events hosted by collaborating partners. We look forward to hearing your idea! The top 1st and 2nd place winners from each of the six local contests will receive $1,000 and $500 respectively with...
Over two dozen investor groups set to attend Early Stage Symposium; application deadline extended
A growing list of investors from Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest and beyond will attend the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, to be held in person Nov. 8-9 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Companies that apply for, and are asked to present, at the...
Wisconsin Inno: Cologuard maker Exact Sciences plans huge expansion in Arizona
Exact Sciences Corp. is working on a major expansion plan in Phoenix. The Madison-based cancer detection firm behind the Cologuard at-home cancer detection test is set to build a 250,000-square-foot facility and create more than 800 jobs, according to city of Phoenix...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee-based startup Appion Solutions providing software to help automate apprenticeship programs
In today’s technological world, you’d probably be surprised if you went to apply for a job and were told that you could only do so by filling out documents by hand and then faxing them over or dropping them off in person. That’s often the reality for workers looking...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SysLogic CEO helps co-found new Madison-based cybersecurity consultancy
A trio of cybersecurity and information technology professionals have come together to launch Madison-based Ghostscale, a full-service cybersecurity consultancy. Tina Chang, chief executive officer of Brookfield-based SysLogic and a member of BizTimes...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Froedtert Health to acquire sole ownership of Network Health
Wauwatosa-based health care provider Froedtert Health announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase health care provider Ascension Wisconsin’s interest in Menasha-based Network Health, a provider of commercial and Medicare health insurance plans....
Wisconsin Public Radio: Investment down in Wisconsin startups this year; state struggles to keep momentum of record-breaking 2021
After a record-breaking year for startup investment in 2021, Wisconsin has struggled to keep that momentum going in 2022 and 2023. Investment in early-stage companies was down last year, but still higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to an annual report from the...
Wisconsin Inno: Study finds Milwaukee entrepreneurs among nation’s youngest on average
A new study that ranks cities by the lowest average age of entrepreneurs across the nation's 50 largest metro areas has found that Milwaukee ranks among the youngest in the country. According to an analysis by online financial platform provider LendingTree, the...
WisBusiness: While 2023 investment falters, one expert optimistic about Q4 activity
While investment activity in Wisconsin so far this year is faltering, one expert says there’s still time for “a nice uptick” in the coming months. The Tech Council has identified about $191 million in investment deals in 2023 — well below the year-end totals of $870...
BizTimes Milwaukee: MATC opens new STEM Educational Center at downtown campus
Milwaukee Area Technical College is celebrating the grand opening of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Center at its downtown campus. The educational center, which officially opened on Friday in Building C of its campus at 700 W....
Milwaukee Business Journal: Haribo of North America’s already looking at expanding first U.S plant in Kenosha County, adding hundreds more workers
Haribo’s decision to build its first U.S. gummi bear plant in Kenosha rather than near Chicago was based partially on seeing smiling faces during a visit to the Brat Stop restaurant near Interstate 94. That visit came as Haribo of America leaders explored sites near...
WisBusiness: UW–Whitewater: New partnership increases cyber resiliency in Wisconsin
A new collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will bolster cybersecurity in the state. A memorandum of understanding signed on Sept. 15 by WEM...