Entrepreneurs

With annual sales of $174 million, GE healthcare has achieved the number one market share position in the compact ultrasound industry. The company, which has a major facility in Waukesha, was listed as No. 1 by Klein Biomedical Consultants, which tracks ultrasound market trends. ...

New companies struggle to raise capital, often because they don't understand the legal complexities of doing so, writes columnist Joe Boucher. Anytime an entrepreneur sells an ownership interest in an entity, that share of ownership is considered a security. So in this ninth installment of...

Many real estate developments are technologically obsolete, and therefore diminished in value, writes columnist James Carlini. Do their appraisals even reflect this? Not always, and that's why due diligence must be performed on the power and connectivity issues. ...

An ethanol construction project in the village of Necedah is the latest to receive state funding support. Gov. Jim Doyle has announced plans to allocate $200,000 from the Department of Commerce to help develop the plant, which will produce 50 million gallons of ethanol per...

There has been much talk over the past couple of years about the risks and threats posed by the aging workforce in the U.S. and parts of Europe, notes Next Generation columnist Tony DiRomualdo. In this edition of Next Generation, he breaks down two new...

The information technology talent pool is shallower than it used to be, and that's creating all kinds of challenges for companies in Wisconsin and beyond. In this first part of our series on IT workforce development, WTN looks at some unfavorable demographics that practically compel...

TomoTherapy may have its sales eye on the Orient, but the company still is a player in the European medical device and imaging market. This week, a French hospital named for Madame Curie announced that it has installed the TomoTherapy Hi-Art system, and two more...

The State of Wisconsin plans to capture 10 percent of the national renewable energy market by 2030, and biodiesel production will be part of the mix. The state has committed $250,000 to the development of a 62,000-square-foot biodiesel plant in Evansville, but investors have stepped...

Chris Shipley couldn't wait to be disconnected as she headed for a vacation to the tiny island nation of Maldives, a beautiful and surprisingly tech-savvy spot in the Indian Ocean. Much to her chagrin, the author of DEMO Letter wasn't as "off the grid" as...

Brand protection has become a coveted business intelligence service as the Internet continues to expand, which is one reason that NameProtect was an acquisition target of the Delaware-based Corporation Service Co. A vice president in the firm, who cited several synergies between the two companies,...