Last week, I shared with you my observations on the French technology market. From Paris, I traveled on to Tel Aviv and spent two and a half days talking to technology companies in Israel. Though I rarely ventured from my hotel, it was a fascinating...
The current state of energy policy in the Wisconsin, especially after the California Energy Crisis and the Blackout of 2003, is undergoing a paradigm shift. There was a time when the major power for change in the electricity industry resided with the utilities, the federal...
To get an idea of the intricacy possible in machining and tool making these days, consider the following: using electro-discharge machining, or EDM, you can tunnel into the thin side of a dime, remove all the metal under the image of Roosevelt,...
MILWAUKEE – Dean Amhaus, the image-conscious president of Spirit of Milwaukee, won’t even mention the title of that 1970s sitcom featuring two ditzy women who worked at a Milwaukee brewery. The name of the show (let’s call it “L and S,” in respect to Amhaus)...
America is known for its innovation and ability to take risks, but recent events in the global economy are changing the dynamics and places like South Korea, China and India are now becoming innovators and risk takers, too. India, for example, is gaining ground in...
Plymouth, Wis. - After years of discouraging words about the manufacturing prairie and pejorative phrases like “Rust Belt,” Wisconsin got a much needed boost from a Barron’s Magazine story entitled “Rust Removal” in its December 8, 2003 edition. In an interview with Jeff Gendell,...
MADISON – It’s the Great (Non)Debate: Can the UW-Madison survive as a public university when public dollars make up a declining share of its budget?...
As if on cue, fluffy snow fell over Pittsburgh as I returned from Thanksgiving celebrations. That can only mean one thing: the Holidays are upon us and gift giving cannot be far away. This season, the tech industry has a sack full of goodies for...
Veteran journalist Brian Howell, who elevated technology and business coverage at Madison Magazine, died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 53....
Lately, I'm hearing a lot of talk about customers. Calling on customers. Securing first customers. Customer trials. It's refreshing, really, after so many years of loose talk about brand building that somehow ignored the very real fact that customers establish the brand reputation as much...