Irene Hrusovsky, CEO of EraGen, a Madison-based developer of diagnostic products, will deliver a presentation on the future of the company to attendees of the Mid-America VentureForum with the goal of increasing the company's visibility. ...
To keep his company's story fresh to potential investors, and to network with other companies in the same stage of development, Loren Peterson, president and CEO of ZyStor Therapeutics, will showcase ZyStor at this year's Mid-America VentureForum. ...
With China's pharmaceutical and biotech industries still in their formative stages, their American, European, and Japanese counterparts should make significant investments in both India and China. Why? To take advantage of a talented labor pool and create markets for their own products, according to columnist...
An amendment that would allow companies that are majority-owned by venture capital firms to apply for Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer grants is on its way to the U. S. House Small Business Committee. The measure has some worried that these grants will...
What can Milwaukee and Madison have to gain by collaborating? Plenty, according to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who appeared with Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in a forum of the Wisconsin Innovation Network. In an interview with WTN Media, Barrett outlined his vision for the M2...
The hottest new web programming tool, Ruby on Rails, is threatening to take market share from Sun Microsystem's Java and Microsoft's .Net. In this look at Ruby, Madison Area Technical College professor Eric Knapp gives the platform his benediction. ...
Ethanol production in Wisconsin and beyond should get a boost from the pending addition to Agra Industries, a Merrill-based builder of ethanol and other facilities. Agra will break ground on the addition early in October, with completion scheduled by the end of 2006....
The focus of Wisconsin's biodiesel production may still be the southern third of the state, but northeastern Wisconsin can boast of its own biofuel contribution. That capacity got a shot in the arm with the awarding of a $97,500 state grant to ramp up the...
Does Wisconsin have a need for speed when it comes to attracting business? Gubernatorial candidate Mark Green has answered that question with an emphatic "yes" with his proposal to eliminate the State Department of Commerce and replace it with an economic development corporation....
Small businesses in Wisconsin can learn what it takes to secure federal grant money during the 2006 Fall National SBIR/STTR Conference, which will be held Nov. 6 to 9 at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. The conference will feature workshops and tips on how to...