Entrepreneurs

“Not only is there not a lot of money out there for women, but not a lot of early stage money,” said Lauren Flanagan, founder and CEO of SCIO Corp., a Michigan financial consulting firm. Flanagan and others are hoping to turn that around. ...

A new report suggests Wisconsin is slowly making progress when it comes to building a technology-based economy, as judged by indicators such as producing patents, investing in private research and development, and creating high-tech jobs. The natural question: Why are we improving?...

Wisconsin cannot solely rely on its top research rankings if it plans to capitalize on its biotech expertise, a national think tank's regional economics director told state business, academic and community representatives at a recent conference....

Wisconsin is 27th in the nation in its friendliness to small business and entrepreneurs, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, which released its 10th annual rankings last week. ...

At the Olympia Resort on Thursday, several dozen representatives of business, civic, academic and arts groups met Thursday to brainstorm strategies for making Wisconsin a creative, cool place, a place where industries want to locate and where college students want to work....