MADISON - From innovative ways to improve business processes to ideas for saving energy, water and lives, the sixth annual Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest has attracted 326 entries from 287 individuals in 106 different cities, villages and towns, it was announced Thursday. Entries received by...
Technology entrepreneurs are having a devil of a time finding angels. Angel investors are the optimistic financiers who give entrepreneurs their crucial first infusion of cash to bring their ideas to life. Now, in the midst of a punishing economic downturn that is sparing few companies,...
The Jan. 31 deadline to enter the Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest is fast approaching, and the backdrop of this year's contest is today's unprecedented economic conditions, notes columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still says the contest provides incentives for would-be...
The Make Mine A Million Businesses RACE, a program of Count Me In for women's economic independence, is courting participants among Wisconsin's female entrepreneurial class for a yearlong, online business growth marathon. The goal of Make Mine a Million is to help one million women-owned...
Cleveland, Ohio - Midwest health care startups attracted $1.1 Billion in new investments across 166 companies in 2008, ranking the region 3rd among US regions and maintaining a multi-year growth trend for Midwest health care investing. Minnesota and Ohio companies collectively attracted the most investment dollars...
The way the economy is going, an entire new class of entrepreneurs could be created by those who have lost their jobs. In this WTN Guest Column, Wisconsin attorney Sverre Roang focuses on programs to assist minority-owned and women-owned businesses. These programs are established to...
The time for budding entrepreneurs to submit their business plan in the 2009 Northeast Wisconsin Business Plan Competition is quickly coming to a close. Entries must be received no later than noon on January 12, 2009. A total of $25,000 in prizes will be awarded with...
By Kathleen Gallagher At first blush, southeastern Wisconsin is coming out strong this year for the Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan contest. Organizers of the annual contest say they already have 25 entries, nine of which came from businesses or individuals in the corridor running from Sheboygan to...
Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest - the nation's first statewide, tech-based business plan competition - is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted Friday through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest's Grand Prize is worth...
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...