Recessions come and go, but this economic downturn has left a mark in Wisconsin that will prove much harder to erase. Simply put, many of the jobs that have been lost won't be coming back. But after the hard times passed, most of the jobs...
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Venture Investors’ Managing Director Winslow Sargeant, Ph.D. to a key administration post as Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration. Dr. Sargeant is currently Managing Director at Venture Investors LLC, a venture capital firm that is...
Per a survey conducted by the Wisconsin Angel Network, Wisconsin angel networks and funds posted a 28 percent increase in early stage investments in 2008, reaching more than $15 million invested in 53 deals. Recently released data showed that angel investing was down 26...
SO far, San Diego remains a fertile breeding ground for entrepreneurs, despite the problems in the broader economy. Connect, a nonprofit organization led by Duane Roth, right, helped husband and wife Rolf Muller and Judy Muller-Cohn obtain a $1 million investment to start Biomatrica, their business That...
Using electronic medical records (or EMR) with patients having mental illness or behavior health issues pose unique challenges for psychiatrists, a national expert explained at the recent Digital Healthcare Conference. An EMR system developed by a team lead by physicians Dr. Ken Gersing, MD is...
Who gets diluted by the employee incentive pool? Typically, once an entrepreneur and prospective investor decide they want to make a deal, they negotiate a valuation and work out a variety of other key terms for the investment. One of those terms is usually...
Patti Brennan, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison described as an authority in the field of health informatics, spoke on the emerging field of home-health information technology at the seventh annual Digital Healthcare Conference 2009 last week. Her talk, “Hi-tech Health@Home: New Center of...
In 2003, when Foundation Capital, a venture capital firm, started looking for new investors for Silver Spring Networks, one of its portfolio of companies, it was rejected by every firm it called. Silver Spring Networks puts network cards in electric meters to more closely track power...
Madison start-up Stemina Biomarker Discovery Inc. has launched its first commercial product, which uses human embryonic stem cells to screen drugs for their likelihood to cause birth defects. The launch comes shortly after President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on stem cell research, opening up opportunities...
Wisconsin State Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) last year championed the Wisconsin Film Tax Credit now under consideration for elimination in the biennial budget now winding its way through the state's Joint Committee on Finance. Kanavas sat down with Wisconsin Technology Network recently to discuss his...