Commentary

In developing the Knowledge Economy, don't forget to promote women-led businesses, which now represent an estimated 40 percent of private business in America, notes Ayla Annac, southwest regional director for the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network. In this WTN guest column, Annac says encouraging high-potential women entrepreneurs...

Back from his trip to BIO-Europe, columnist Michael Rosen caught a glimpse of what a tough year 2009 is looking like for biotechnology on a global scale. Nevertheless, the global need for better medicines and treatment of diseases never seems to lapse into a recession,...

The nation's depressing economy has not prevented a Chicago-based venture capital firm with a national investment focus from raising a new, $50.1 million capital fund. In fact, the tight credit market has opened financing doors for OCA Ventures that previously were handled via working capital...

If Wisconsin and the broader Midwest want to increase their information technology profile, one avenue would be to encourage the construction of data centers. In this WTN guest column, John Rath of TEAM, Inc. touts the Midwest as an ideal region for data centers and...

Columnist James Carlini has just about had it with the “bailout” mentality from businesses and units of government that want taxpayers to fund (and prolong) their dysfunctional habits and operations. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, posted after Congress postponed action on a possible bailout...

Ah, those crazy entrepreneurs. What would we do without them? Columnist Tom Still doesn't want to find out, especially during the observance of Global Entrepreneurship Week. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still touts the example of former Virent Energy Systems chief executive Eric Apfelbach...

When it comes to partnerships, there is no more limited arrangement than the relationship between venture investor and entrepreneur - especially when it comes to the rules that favor the investor. In this WTN Guest Column, Paul Jones, president of the Council for Innovation, strikes...

The Governors' Global Climate Summit, being held this week in Los Angeles, is more than just another gathering of state chief executives, according to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. As the Governor notes, the summit will form the next steps to advance a global climate agreement...