Commentary

With state budget deliberations about to get into full swing, Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still says it's time for those who care about pushing the state's tech-based economy to get involved. A number of helpful proposals are before the Legislature, but complacency can leave even...

Gov. Jim Doyle views increased support of the University of Wisconsin System as a key to driving future economic growth. In this Guest Column, he writes that schools in the system, which have taken a back seat to K-12 in terms of state funding support,...

Today's multiple digital channels, and the brand attacks they contain, make brand protection more challenging than ever, notes Buzz Networks columnist Paul Gibler. With the need to proactively protect brands, he suggests that it's time to replace the old top-down approach to creating and...

Despite all the happy talk about the importance of work-life balance and the benefits of flexible working, traditional notions of 14-hour work days remain firmly entrenched, according to Next Generation columnist Tony DiRomualdo. All the more reason why Best Buy's unlikely yet successful foray into...

Labels have meaning, particularly when entrepreneurs are making the key decisions of whether and when to add their first employees. In Part I of their look at the considerations involved with classifying workers as employees or independent contractors, Early Stage columnist Joe Boucher and legal...

Yet another prominent executive has issued a wake-up call for Milwaukee to get its educational act together so that its residents can compete in the emerging knowledge economy. This time, notes Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still, it's Northwestern Mutual Life's Ed Zore that is trying...

Despite the sparse attendance at a recent Midwestern biotechnology conference, columnist Michael Rosen believes there is room for a major bioscience cluster here. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, he examines the key ingredients necessary to have a successful world-class bioscience cluster in the...

When it comes to technology, the British are more like Boston than Silicon Valley, as DEMO Letter columnist Chris Shipley has found on her trip across the pond. While getting a snapshot of the U.K. entrepreneurial scene, she has heard not one word about Web...

The capital markets are warming to technologies that are eco-friendly, and they are prepared to pick the winners, whether it be solar over biomass or ethanol over biodiesel, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. Wisconsin and other states that provide the framework to encourage...