Commentary

Patent reform act moves U.S. to first-inventor-to-file system | submitted by Ted J. Barthel

On Sept. 8, the U.S. Senate passed HR 1249, the Leahy-Smith America...

Fetal tissue bill would roll back the clock on medical research in Wisconsin

For 50 years or more, researchers in Wisconsin and around the world...

Wisconsin competitiveness

There is one thing I especially like about the Wisconsin Competitiveness Fund,...

A smart approach to board-level risk management | submitted by Derrick Van Mell and Gregory Monday

As the economy recovers, companies that cut costs or deferred spending at...

Women investors are slowly changing the face of venture and angel capital

Toni Sikes delivered more than 100 investment pitches on behalf of early-stage...

Dealing with short-term market volatility | submitted by Lauri Binius Droster

Over the last three years we’ve become far too accustomed to it....

For Wisconsin biotech firms, a perfect storm of financial challenges

If you didn’t know that Exact Sciences was on the verge of...

Fishing for a change

I was recently on a musky fishing trip where my buddy and...

Fishing for a change

I was recently on a musky fishing trip where my buddy and...

After the recalls: Time to get back to business on Wisconsin’s economy

The high-stakes fight for control of Wisconsin’s state Senate is over. The...