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The Wisconsin Innovation Network (WIN) eNewsletter is a periodical of news, events and programs about the needs and challenges faced by new and growing technology-based businesses in Wisconsin. WIN has chapters in western Wisconsin, the Lake Superior region, Madison, Milwaukee, northeast Wisconsin and central Wisconsin.
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| 2011 Governor's Business Plan Contest - Open for entries! | | |
The eighth annual Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest, a process that has helped start-up companies get up and running with the help of prizes, mentoring and access to private capital, is open for entries for the 2011 contest season.
Read more here. Enter at www.govsbizplancontest.com. |
| Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium - It's a wrap! | | |
The Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium was held Nov 10-11, at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. This year's conference attracted record level attendance - more than 500 registrants including 75 investors - spread over two days.
Please watch this video of Gov.-elect Scott Walker's Nov. 11 address to the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Walker, who was elected governor in the Nov. 2 general election, outlined his general approach to economic development and stressed the importance of small business growth and entrepreneurial activity.
The symposium generated news interest from major state news organizations. Click here to read a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story on the need for more investment capital. Click here for a Wisconsin Radio Network story on small businesses and job creation. A Wisconsin State Journal story on tips from investors to entrepreneurs can be found here; and click here for the State Journal's recap of Gov.-elect Scott Walker's speech to the symposium. Read the Wisconsin Technology Network's recap of Walker's speech to the symposium here; and click here to read a reaction to Walker's speech.
Read a WisBusiness.com story on an embryonic stem cell panel featuring opposting views at the Early Stage Symposium here. |
| 'Pitch doctor' Bill Joos featured on 'WisBusiness: The Show' | |
The latest editions of "WisBusiness: The Show" feature timely interviews with business newsmakers, the WisBusiness.com news stock report and commentaries.
The mid-November edition features Bill Joos, formerly of Garage Technology Ventures and a keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Tom Still's commentary focuses on alliances that may help Gov.-elect Scott Walker meet his economic growth goals, and our stock report has the highs and lows for mid-November.
Click here to see the show produced by Tweedee Productions.
"The Show" is produced every two weeks by WisBusiness.com, the Tech Council and Tweedee Productions. |
| Shared computing power should be part of Milwaukee's future | |
Click here to read a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial on the prospects for a shared "cyberinfrastructure" to help build the region's economy. The effort is being led by the Milwaukee Institute, which is headed by Jay Bayne, a member of the Wisconsin Technology Council board, and John Byrnes, a former board member. |
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Business Commentary: Walker can set up state to add jobs - with help | |
Click here to read Tech Council President Tom Still's column, headlined "Walker can set up state to add jobs -- with help," on the business pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. |
| Working on job creation: Recoveries from recent recessions slower than in past | |
Read a collection of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stories on how Gov.-elect Scott Walker can achieve his goal of adding 250,000 jobs abd 10,000 new businesses by 2015. Click here for the main story and here for a story on the tech sector and efforts to increase the supply of venture capital. |
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Economic growth ideas abound as candidates prepare to take office | |
Ideas for stimulating Wisconsin's economic growth are available in the Tech Council's white papers, the Be Bold Wisconsin report and the Wisconsin Prosperity Strategy, among other sources. Click here to read a report from WisBusiness.com. |
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IRS announces Wis. credits, grants under Therapeutic Discovery Project | |
The federal Internal Revenue Service, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced $1 billion in tax credits and grants through the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project.
Click here to see a state-by-state listing, including about $13.3 million in Wisconsin credits and grants. Wisconsin ranked 18th among the states in total dollar value. |
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State firms raise more than $125 million in angel, venture funding so far in 2010 | |
Wisconsin firms raised more than $125 million in venture and angel funding in the first nine months of 2010, eclipsing totals in each of the past two years, according to a new report by the Wisconsin Angel Network. Read more here. |
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Microsoft expands Madison database research lab | |
Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a $3.5-million expansion of the database research laboratory it opened in Madison in 2008. Read more here. |
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Business commentary: Thoughts to share in a fast-changing economy | |
Click here to read Tech Council President Tom Still's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel column headlined "Thoughts to share in a fast-changing economy." |
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BBC radio features Wisconsin and its economy in Oct. 15 broadcast | | | Click here to listen to a BBC Newshour radio report on the Wisconsin economy and the mid-term elections in November. |
| Inside Wisconsin columns tackle state, tech issues | | |
Inside Wisconsin
Tech Council President Tom Still shares insights on technology, the economy and politics though "Inside Wisconsin." Here are some recent columns:
Getting inside Scott Walker's head: Thoughts on The Train: Getting inside Scott Walker's head..."The ink is barely dry on the Election Day ballots, I'm nearly two months away from being sworn into office as governor, but it's seems everyone in Wisconsin has an opinion on what I should do about The Train. And they all want to know now."....Read more.
The mathematics of job creation in Wisconsin calls for quantity and quality: The challenge facing Gov.-elect Scott Walker isn't to create 250,000 jobs over the next four years, as the numbers suggest that's possible. The real challenge is to create the high-quality, well-paying jobs Wisconsin needs...Read more.
Recession has widened gap between cities with tech assets and those without:
The gap between high-growth cities and metro areas that are struggling to recover from the recession was all-too-apparent in the Milken Institute's 2010 report, "Best-Performing Cities." It paints a picture of cities that are slowly but surely diversifying their economic base to include more technology jobs and businesses - and those that were caught flat-footed when manufacturing, real estate and retail took a tumble....
Healthy trade climate is essential to Wisconsin's economic growth: During a recent meeting at Manpower Inc.'s World Headquarters, a gleaming symbol of Wisconsin's connections to global business, a European trade counselor asked his local hosts about public perceptions of trade. In essence, he wondered, do people in Wisconsin want more trade - or do they mistrust it?...Read more. Nobel Prize for IVF offers lessons for Wisconsin's debate over stem-cell research: What if Wisconsin has produced a future Nobel Prize winner who might not be welcomed in his own state? I've been thinking about that surreal possibility since the recent announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine, which will go to the British scientist who pioneered in vitro fertilization, and the resurgent political debate in Wisconsin over human embryonic stem cell research, a trail blazed by UW-Madison scientist James Thomson.... Read more.
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| News, events and opportunities | | 
* Tech Council board member, Carl Gulbrandsen profiled in Journal Sentinel on WARF and Wiscosnin Institutes for Discovery.
* How to pitch to investors: Lessons from a succesful entrepreneur is topic at the Nov. 17 WIN-Northeast meeting. * An update on Wisconsin's investment tax credits is topic at Nov. 23 WIN-Madison. Panelists include Joe Kremer, Wisconsin Angel Network; Zach Brandon, Wis. Dept. of Commerce; and Joe Hildebrandt, Phenomenelle Angels and DaneVest Tech Fund.
* The Tech Council Board of Directors will meet Jan. 12 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Contact Sarah Williams for more information.
 * The Wisconsin Technology Council has released its 2010-2011 white papers report, called "Looking to the future: A case for bold action." This biennial report contains recommendations in four broad areas: Increasing access to capital for Wisconsin entrepreneurs; Workforce development; Infrastructure and business climate; and Technology development. Click here to read the full report, which was issued in July 2010. |
| Get WIN-volved! Membership has its privileges | |
 Joining your local Wisconsin Innovation Network (WIN) Chapter offers networking connections with a variety of industries and professionals in technology, law, banking, government, public relations, manufacturing, and local entrepreneurs.
WIN would like to recognize these new members and sponsors:
Renewed Corporate WIN Members:
New Individual WIN Members:
Tom Schumacher, Blake Norman S.C. Michael Bright, WAE2
Individual Renewal:
Jeff Madden - Mortenson Construction
Recent WIN event sponsors:
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