Entrepreneurs

When it comes to replacing legacy systems, sometimes business organizations don't know what they have until they try to replace it. After years of upgrades and patches and other "work-arounds," the cost of ownership becomes too much and it's time to implement something modern, but...

A Wisconsin biotechnology company has not only landed two scientific advisors from outside the state, but outside the national as well. GenTel BioSciences, a protein chip maker based in Madison, has recruited South African scientists Reinhard Hiller and Jonathan Blackburn to serve on its Scientific...

Who says Republicans and Democrats can't work together? Well, most people who pay close attention to politics say that, actually, but there are exceptions to the rule. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, columnist Tom Still offers kudos to the Wisconsin congressional delegation for pulling...

Platypus Technologies of Madison will use a $600,000 federal grant to develop more effective hepatitis screening assays, or tests, for researchers. The life sciences nanotech company now has raised more than $15 million in federal funding, and has begun to commercialize some of the “nano-based”...

A major funding commitment by three outside venture capital funds has placed Madison's OpGen, Inc. in a position to “revolutionize the way microbiology labs work” and address an unmet healthcare need, according to Mason Wells's Trevor D'Souza. The new investors, CHL Medical Partners, Highland Capital...

The prevalence of online banners and text ads have made all but the most annoying online ads nearly transparent to online users, reports Tech/Know columnist Troy Janisch. To stand out from the crowd, he writes that some marketers are turning to a simple, relevant, and...