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After receiving more than 400 applications from startups from around the country, gener8tor, a startup accelerator based in Madison, has selected the next five companies that will enter its sustainability cohort. First announced in late 2021, gener8tor's first...
Wisconsin Inno: Epic Systems says generative AI could help with health systems’ financial woes
One of Wisconsin's most well-known technology companies is incorporating generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its electronic health records software. Verona-based Epic Systems Corp. is implementing Microsoft Corp.'s Azure OpenAI Service, which will enable Epic...
WisBusiness: University of Wisconsin Green Bay: Schreiber Foods makes significant impact on women’s leadership in Northeast Wisconsin
Long-term community support for engaging, inspiring and empowering Northeast Wisconsin’s next generation of women leaders took a phenomenal step forward on April 20, 2023, when Schreiber Foods announced a gift to UW-Green Bay’s Institute for Women’s Leadership. With...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin’s labor force participation rate high among ‘prime working age’ adults
Wisconsin often has among the highest labor force participation rates in the country for “prime working age” residents, according to a recent UW-Madison report. The labor force participation rate is typically based on the percentage of workers over age 16 that are...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Brad Bodden of Wisconsin Investment Partners
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, Brad Bodden of Wisconsin Investment Partners talks about WIP, its record of investments over time and how the...
InsideWis: In race to launch (and keep) young companies, Wisconsin can do better
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Brad Bodden is one of the co-managers for Wisconsin Investment Partners, an angel network that has been putting money, expertise and sweat equity into young tech-based companies for nearly 24 years. It’s institutional experience that...
Meet VC 414: New, women-led early stage fund topic of May 11 Tech Council luncheon in Wauwatosa
Founded by venture capitalist and angel investor Jennifer Abele and former BMO Harris executive Raquel Filmanowicz, VC 414 launched early this year with a specific goal in mind: to help underrepresented founders grow their businesses and create generational wealth....
Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development: BLS Data: Wisconsin Statewide Unemployment Rate Hits New Record Low of 2.5% in March, State Adds 900 Jobs for Month
The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of March 2023, which showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.5%. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Tight labor market, rising wages among upward pressures on health care costs
In a growing job market, many industries are seeing rising wages and increased spending on salaries. The health care industry is no exception. In order to address shortages in health care positions and fill high-demand positions, hospitals have been forced to try a...
Post Crescent: Can nuclear energy save the Earth? Miss America Grace Stanke is an advocate.
Miss America Grace Stanke can imagine an Earth Day where we power our alarm clocks, hair dryers, cars, laptops, cellphones and televisions with energy that’s safe, effective, reliable and does not harm the environment. Those renewable energy options could include...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin funds UW System and technical colleges differently: One ranks 43rd nationally, the other ranks 5th
Funding for Wisconsin's public higher education systems is a tale of two stories, one that is funded eighth worst in the country and another that is fifth best, according to a new report. The report found that the University of Wisconsin System ranked 43rd nationally...
WisBusiness: Talking Trade with Buckley Brinkman, Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity CEO Buckley Brinkman discusses how the center prepares businesses for exporting. He says the center’s ExporTech program helps manufacturers develop an exporting plan in 90...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Brian Andrew, Johnson Financial Group
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Brian Andrew, chief investment officer for Johnson Financial Group. He provides insights on the recent high-profile collapses of Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York, highlighting...
WisBusiness: UW Health: Registered nurse apprenticeship launches in Wisconsin
As part of UW Health’s ongoing commitment to addressing the nursing workforce shortage, the health system has partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Madison College to create one of the nation’s first registered nurse apprenticeships. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin unemployment rate down to 2.5%
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate continued to decline in March, reaching a new record low of 2.5%, according to the latest data released by the state Department of Workforce Development. The previous record low came in February at 2.7%. The decline over the month came...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee adds tech jobs at slower pace than Midwest peer cities
Milwaukee's technology workforce expanded slightly in 2022 at a pace of growth that trailed other major Midwest cities, according to new data published by industry trade group CompTIA. Technology employment in the Milwaukee area grew 0.5% year over year in 2022 to...
Insight on Business: Wisconsin labor force participation rates among top 10 in U.S.
Wisconsin labor force participation rates are among highest in U.S., according to a report from the University of Wisconsin Extension. Community Development Specialist Matt Kures said Wisconsin regularly ranks in the top 10 as a state for labor force participation...
Wisconsin State Journal: Microsoft agrees to buy $50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin
Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world's largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers. Microsoft...
WisPolitics: Gov. Evers: Signs Executive Order, creates Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation
Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #195 creating the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation to advise on creating the state’s first-ever Green Innovation Fund. The Green Innovation Fund and its partners will leverage public and...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Hospital Association: WHA Advocacy Day brings in nearly 1,000 participants
Nearly 1,000 hospital and health care leaders, providers, staff, trustees and volunteers participated in Wisconsin Hospital Association’s (WHA) annual Advocacy Day today, the first held in person since the pandemic. Former Govs. Jim Doyle and Tommy G. Thompson were...