It was another busy year for businesses in and around Greater Madison, and even if some of the region’s biggest news stories weren’t explicitly about business — the WTS Paradigm office shooting, historic summer floods, Sun Prairie explosion, just to name a few — our coverage area still saw a number of new businesses open, old businesses close, and just a few business scandals to keep things interesting. And, if our most-read blogs are any indication, a lot of professionals are still interested in HR and business succession planning.
On the eve of a brand new year and all its possibilities, we look back at our top feature articles, photo galleries, Business Report stories, and blogs by page views at IBMadison.com.
Top feature stories
- Fighter Wing fighter: Wilkening takes on his most dangerous foe
- New mobile platform could make Madison into music-streaming mecca
- Nonprofit Draft Day seeks recruits to serve on boards
- Brewery with a conscience coming to Madison’s south side
- Ag technology helps farms and lakes co-exist
- Towering presence
- Flight plan
- UW grads create app to redefine the way we eat out
- Unboxing retailing’s latest trend
- Something stinks: How to address odors in the workplace
Top galleries
- Greywolf groundbreaking
- Behind the scenes with the 2018 40 Under 40
- Flix Brewhouse grand opening
- Madison Club renovations revealed
- 40 Under 40 reception, part 1
- Promega groundbreaking
- 40 Under 40 reception, part 2
- Dane County’s top execs get social
- Ribbon cutting for Investors Associated
- Brick by brick
Top Business Report stories
- Quaker Steak & Lube closing
- 4 local businesses close
- Steakhouse opening announced
- Gray’s Tied House closes, but will reopen this week
- Bank merger announced
- Madison attorney suspended for a year
- Sprecher’s closing
- Madison grocer buys Janesville store
- New restaurant for former Sprecher’s spot
- Monona business owner arrested for alleged sexual assault
Most-read blog posts
- I woke up before dawn for a year. Here’s what I learned and how it will benefit you
- An awkward, but important conversation about divorce for middle to high-income earners
- 6 best practices for making employee onboarding easier
- The crux of multiples in business valuation
- ‘Fired for no reason!’
- Effective teams: Google reveals its secret
- Employee poaching made easier: Non-solicitation of employee provisions in Wisconsin are subject to strict requirements for enforceability
- The 5 pillars of progressive HR
- Competency-based education can help close Wisconsin’s workforce gap
- How your rights to family leave could change
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