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...
CHICAGO – Caesar's oracle told him to beware the Ides of March. While many of us worry more about the Ides of April, here in the Midwest technology scene, a far more common fear is the creepy-crawly feeling we get when we get that breathless...
For the 13th straight year, Wisconsin scored an “A” for economic performance when the Corporation for Enterprise Development released its annual report card on the states. But not all of Wisconsin’s grades were as glowing, as the Wisconsin Technology Network’s recent news story explained. The...
CHICAGO – In trying to explain the complexities of the biotech industry to investors, academics and start-up biotech companies, most people now understand that it is a long, painstaking and expensive process. What they don't understand is why....
A “report card” issued in November by a Washington, DC, think tank slammed Wisconsin’s efforts at implementing electronic government initiatives. But projects currently underway in Madison could raise that score, according to the state’s CIO, Matt Miszewski....