A record 500-plus people attended Wisconsin's largest early stage investing conference this month and another 250 rubbed shoulders in the same convention hall at the Midwest's largest forum on health care investing. What better time to shatter myths surrounding the investors who crowded both events?...
Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle is transporting spare hardware to the outpost and return a station...
I was at an event a few weeks ago hosted by a leading IT journalist who made the following opening remarks. “Good times are ahead for IT. A new investment cycle should happen soon as we have postponed infrastructure upgrades for too long.”...
While waiting for my annual physical, I enrolled in a research study. (About every other year, I participate in a research study. Two years ago, a sleep apnea study involved me spending the night in an iron lung with electrodes in my mouth and all...
As consumers seek to make their essential shopping dollars go further and save more money, Alice.com, an on-line platform that allows consumer-packaged goods companies (CPG) such as Procter & Gamble, to sell directly to consumers instead of going through retail channels like Target or...
Demonstrating the business value of IT is challenging CIO’s, CEO’s, CFO’s and other managers. The problem is not that IT creates no value; it is just how do I measure and communicate that value. Current practices in IT measurement and metrics do not...
Now that the Doyle administration has revealed the costs of keeping Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, a predictable “Was it worth it?” reaction is rippling through the public, press and policymakers. Judged by recent incentives paid or announced by other states to retain or...
With a number of venture conferences this fall, including the upcoming MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum that is being held in Madison this year, several companies we are working with are preparing for investor presentations. This column covers a number of best practices for presenting...
Maybe you are a small Wisconsin business, a Wisconsin health care company, a state agency or even a university researcher and would like to glean some of the largess from the federal recovery act. Or, perhaps you have a timely project that could use funding...