Commentary

Last year, 53 million Americans had their personal information stolen. What's worse is that many of these people have no idea that their date of birth, social security number, or credit card information may have been compromised....

May 1 is International Workers' Day, a celebration elsewhere on the planet of the contributions to society and economy of the working class. And among the most successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are first- or second-generation immigrants....

Global trade has been around since the days of Marco Polo, if not well before. What's different today from the past is the immense scale, scope and dynamism of global business. The perceived opportunities are vast, but there are downsides as well....

If you’re a business owner living in South Korea, Iceland, The Netherlands, Japan or other developed nations, connecting to the Internet is fast and efficient. That’s not the case if you live or work in rural Wisconsin....

As you might suspect, I'm a bit proprietary about the companies that have launched products at the DEMO conference. I am delighted when they have great news and always sorry when a company hits the bumps that inevitably pock the road of a startup....

With BIO 2006 still fresh in our minds, Mike Rosen comments on how it was a big success in many ways, but the challenge now for Midwesterners is how to leverage this momentum from the event into creating a major Midwest life science cluster. One...

The state Building Commission will define what's within reason Wednesday when it considers a landmark plan to build the first phase of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, a research center that will accelerate the pace of medical breakthroughs, create jobs, and train scientists from an...

It shouldn't come as a surprise to know that I'm often asked to give advice on giving an effective product demonstration. There are, of course, a few basic rules of thumb that guide any product demo: ...