Entrepreneurs

Jason Fried is not your typical button-down executive, but he's developed a fairly buttoned-up approach to putting Web-based software services on the market. Fried, the founder of 37signals, offered some insight into his unconventional ways during an interview at the recent Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference in...

Having spent two weeks getting re-acquainted with Windows and Office, columnist Chris Shipley harbors some remorse over not opting for MacBook Pro when choosing a new laptop. In this edition of DEMO Letter, she describes what a notebook consumer goes through with the new Vista/Office...

Cutting taxes always works to stimulate economic growth, according to State Senator Ted Kanavas, and the Wisconsin Act 255 tax credit program is further proof. In this guest column, Kanavas implores the Legislature to keep that lesson in mind as a proposed expansion to the...

A June 20 Roundtable in Appleton will explore ways that manufacturers in northeastern Wisconsin can increase their capacity to innovate and drive top-line growth. It will be led by Todd Teske, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Briggs & Stratton. ...

In its first financial report since becoming a publicly traded company, Madison's TomoTherapy reported surging revenues and a hefty net loss that was due in part to a temporary accounting adjustment. The report does not include $186 million in net proceeds from its recent IPO,...

Central Signal, LLC, a Madison based company, has been awarded a $350,000 Phase II grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the development of a magnetic sensor that can detect train movements and improve safety at rural railroad crossings. The sensor is...

While he's been an advocate of using the private placement memorandum, there is more to securities law compliance than preparing and using a good PPM, according to Private Placements columnist Matt Storms. Implementing a system to monitor the offering process can help you keep track...