gener8tor’s Premiere Night highlights five startups
Five startups pitched to potential investors and partners at gener8tor’s seventh Premiere Night on Monday at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The companies, which were...
Analysts: Broader trends lead to state’s ‘temporary’ uptick in layoffs
By Polo Rocha
WisBusiness.com
Mass layoffs in the state so far this year are significantly higher than the past two years, but the increase is largely...
Noise-reduction company branches out into nursing efficiency product
By Polo Rocha
WisBusiness.com
Quietyme’s quest to reduce noise in hospitals has led to a new product aimed at cutting down the time nurses spend “running...
Milwaukee and Madison should be economic partners, panelists say
Madison, now in an upswing of entrepreneurship and developing startups, can learn a lot from Milwaukee about getting companies to scale up and stay,...
Walker, WMC push legislators on transportation funding
Gov. Scott Walker lobbied hard at a business event in Madison to push the Joint Finance Committee to approve more than $200 million in...
Baldwin looks to boost NIH-funded research
Doctors and researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin are praising efforts by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, to improve access to NIH funding...
Bill would change funding for Business Improvement Districts
The author of a bill to change Business Improvement Districts says some businesses pay too much.
But local officials say the bill would slash funding...
Marketing, branding are hot topics at first Senate jobs road show
Wisconsin already has plenty to offer both employers and workers seeking to flourish in high-tech, bioscience or manufacturing fields -- the problem is that...
Panel tackles barriers, opportunities for women in biosciences
Women make up roughly 75 percent of the U.S. healthcare workforce, according the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. And they make as much as...
CEOs: State biotech industry needs to develop united strategy
Wisconsin's life sciences industry has tremendous potential, but not enough people know that, industry leaders agreed at a panel discussion.
The solution, four CEOs...
GrocerKey looking for Woodman’s partnership to boost online grocery offerings
By Polo Rocha
WisBusiness.com
Madison startup GrocerKey is helping shoppers get groceries from Woodman’s massive stores without going through its aisles.
And so far, says GrocerKey founder...
Head of trade group: EPA ozone rule could be costly to state manufacturing
A new and "draconian" ozone rule being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency will cost the Badger State tens of thousands of jobs and...
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