Author: WTN News

Maneuvering through the nuances of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs can be daunting and overwhelming. In this WTN guest column, Pat Dillon of the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network tries to take some of the mystery out of the...

One day after confirming that 2009 could be a tough financial year, Milwaukee's Rockwell Automation signaled that it will continue its efforts to diversify. The global industrial automation company has announced that it will acquire Xi'An Hengsheng Science & Technology Company Limited to expand its...

Two Madison serial entrepreneurs have landed more than $4 million for their latest business venture, and it won't even go live until spring. Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire, creators of Jellyfish.com, an online shopping and social network, have raised $4.3 million in funding for Alice.com, an...

Today's computer hackers are targeting unsuspecting PC users by silently infecting computers to send spam, perform web attacks, and carry out other crimes, and for the most part anti-malware has not kept up. NovaShield, a Madison-based developer of anti-malware technology, has announced the first commercial...

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that medical technology companies fared well during the 2008 Elevator Pitch Olympics, an annual staple of the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. But although medical technology is a Wisconsin strong suit, the winning entrepreneurs still had to convince investors that...