THE NEWSROOM

Student and adult entrepreneurs will once again have a chance to earn their share of cash and mentorship opportunities as “Project Pitch It,” a local TV show similar to ABC’s “Shark Tank,” gears up for its eighth season. Season eight will once again welcome a...

The city of Milwaukee is ranked within the top 20 technology hubs in the Midwest according to a study from real estate company CommercialCafe while a fellow Wisconsin city received the top spot. Milwaukee was ranked 17th of the 20 best Midwest metropolitan areas for...

Microsoft Corp. took another step toward actual construction for its data center in Mount Pleasant, gaining local approvals Monday for a site plan with more than 1.1 million square feet of buildings. Since announcing the more than $1 billion data center in March, the...

StartingBlock and its seven partners announced recently that they will receive $150,000 through the 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, which is awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). According to a release, StartingBlock was a stage two winner...

BizTimes Media and our event partner, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, are pleased to once again recognize this year’s Future 50 companies. Based on submitted nominations and an objective ranking of sales and employee growth, these are the fastest...

With production underway at its U.S. candy plant in Pleasant Prairie, Haribo of America is already designing a second phase of equal size, with two more that could bring the total plant to about 2 million square feet. The second phase that is in the planning stages...

Leaders of Wisconsin's 75 of Wisconsin's largest companies will gather in Milwaukee Tuesday to celebrate the central role of privately-owned companies in the state's economy. The occasion is the release of the Deloitte Wisconsin 75 list, an annual compendium of the...

Madison has been named the top Midwestern metropolitan area for technology jobs, according to a recent report. The rankings were compiled by a CommercialCafe, a real estate listing service that frequently produces market analyses and other industry reports. Its latest...

Two years ago, New York-based tech giant IBM acquired Milwaukee-based 7Summits, a Salesforce consultancy founded by entrepreneur Paul Stillmank. Now, Stillmank is back with a new startup that aims to help businesses understand the latest advancements in artificial...

October 2, 2023 – October 30, 2023 | Application Deadline September 25, 2023 Startup founders in the idea and pre-revenue phase, we want you. This initiative addresses the following: founder mindset, scalable business model design, pre-accelerator training, mentoring,...

A Pittsburgh-based digitization services firm has debuted a 25,000-square-foot facility near Green Bay that will help scale the company's operations. Forever Inc. said its new $5 million digitization building in Hobart will add to the company's ability to convert over...

Dietram Scheufele has a “nightmare scenario” for next year’s election. Just days before Election Day, “we’re going to see some piece of deep fake or really well-produced piece of information” based on artificial intelligence that influences voters enough to change the...

Tech entrepreneur and 7Summits founder Paul Stillmank, along with a team of seasoned industry veterans, announces the launch of his latest venture, 7Rivers. The Milwaukee-based startup is helping businesses understand and embrace the latest advancements in artificial...

The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 35th out of 437 public and private doctoral institutions, and 12th among public universities in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” rankings. It is UW–Madison’s highest overall U.S. News...

Lightship’s Bootcamp is a free entrepreneurship education program, serving underrepresented early-stage business founders. Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) and Lightship Foundation unveiled plans to bring the Lightship Bootcamp program, powered by the...

Three finalists have been chosen as potential candidates for the chancellor position at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, including Phyllis King, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and vice provost for partnerships and initiatives at the University of...