Author: WTN News

The face of small business will likely be radically different in the year 2017, according to a new report by Intuit, the business and financial management software developer. The report envisions a more diversified entrepreneurial class that is comprised of retired Baby Boomers and more...

The transitions from Windows XP to Vista, and from cell phones to iPhones, are consistent with the cultural transition we've already made from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, according to Tech/Know columnist Troy Janisch. That great beyond will arrive when computers help us...

Big Pharma has evolved into “Enormous Pharma” thanks to a six-stage deconstruction process of interconnected events, according to Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen. Enormous Pharma will likely grow even larger as it is fed by global demographic trends and the need to conquer new...

TomoTherapy has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering that would raise up to $201 million in capital. The Madison-based medical device manufacturer has applied for a listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. ...

A manufacturing partner that has helped large and mid-size manufacturers become more lean and mean is now setting its sights on smaller manufacturers that need help implementing growth strategies. Among the possible beneficiaries are information technology, biotechnology, and medical device businesses. ...

Jim Rice, who has led the Information Technology Association of Wisconsin for the past year, is leaving the organization to pursue opportunities in telecommunications. Chairman William C. Mortimore will assume his duties until a permanent replacement is found. ...

As is the case with most major reform efforts, it looks as though healthcare reform will be led by the states, writes Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. Gov. Jim Doyle has urged the Legislature to work with him to expand access and lower costs, and...

Two Wisconsin firms have filled key executive positions with the same man, biotechnology executive Gregg Fergus. Fergus will join Baird Venture Partners and one of its portfolio companies, Caden Biosciences, which was relocated to Madison as part of $5.8 venture financing deal led by Baird. ...