Madison, Wis. - Charles Hoslet, managing director of the UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations, will speak about university efforts to build an entrepreneurial culture, off campus as well as on, at the Tuesday, Oct. 28 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison. The luncheon will...
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan weighed in on the nation's economic and fiscal ills during the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Conference in Waukesha. Both officials have made bold proposals that address public policy conerns, including Feingold's E-4 Initiative to boost...
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Milwaukee, Wis. - MillerCoors has returned for the ninth consecutive year with its signature national business plan competition. Now called the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series (MUES), the award-winning program is back and better than before, moving to Web 2.0, the next frontier in communication methods,...
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Given the nation's financial crisis, there now is little doubt the American economy is in recession, and entrepreneurs attending the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center's "Ideas to Profits Conference" have been feeling the pinch. The conference was tailored to innovation, but recent events convinced presenters to...
One of the most contentious issues with early-stage companies is who, when it comes time to carve out employee equity incentives, gets diluted by the employee incentive pool? WTN guest columnist Paul Jones says the answer usually is the entrepreneur, who typically suffers all of...
Madison, Wis. - Fifty-seven early stage companies applied for one of two chances to present to potential investors at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, to be held Nov. 5-6 at Madison's Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The annual conference, which has existed under different...
Innovation master Tom Koulopoulos will bring his Innovation Master Class to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Tuesday, Nov. 11, to demonstrate how organizations can create and sustain a culture of innovation. The Master Class, which will follow Koulopoulos' Nov. 10 appearance before Accelerate Madison, will...
WTN guest columnist Paul Jones describes himself as a recovering lawyer, but he not in denial about what kind of an attorney entrepreneurs want and need. In this column, Jones shares his thoughts about choosing top-notch counsel and offers the following advice: if necessary, don't...