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Accelerate Madison is a premier networking and business support organization focused on information technology issues. Their primary objective is to encourage and improve the use of information technology in driving the creation of new ventures and acceleration of existing firms in the Madison, Wisconsin community. | ||
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Angel Capital Resource Center, a DFI sponsored portal designed to support Wisconsin's entrepreneurial spirit by providing entrepreneurs and angel investors a "yellow pages" directory of resources which can assist in making equity investments in early stage companies. | ||
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Robert W. Baird & Co. (Baird) provides clients in the United States with wealth management, investment banking, asset management and private equity services. Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. provides equity research, investment banking and private equity services to corporate clients in Europe. | ||
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Biomedical Technology Alliance seeks to enhance collaboration between academic researchers and industry. Founding institutions of the alliance include Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Parkside and TechStar. | ||
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The Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation (CATI) was formed to promote business development, workforce development and technology innovation in southeast Wisconsin. Located in Racine County, Wisconsin, CATI represents a partnership among local and regional educational institutions, regional business development organizations, local and regional governments, and private industry. | ||
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The Center for Community Economic Development at University of Wisconsin Extension, creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities. | ||
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The Center for Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWMCED) is a central part of the university's mission to apply university-based research and technical expertise to improve the quality of life in the region. The Center also serves as the research and technical assistance arm of UWM's Consortium for Economic Opportunity, a Milwaukee Idea initiative. | ||
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The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) — based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an office in Milwaukee — is a research and policy center dedicated to improving economic performance and living standards in Wisconsin. COWS conducts research on regional trends, generates ideas for improvement, works with business, labor, and community leaders to implement experiments in reform, and studies the results for possible replication elsewhere. | ||
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CleanTech Partners is a Wisconsin-based, private, non-profit organization that invests in emerging energy-saving technologies. The organization helps companies reduce energy consumption in Wisconsin by investing money and business resources in the development and commercialization of technology and the implementation of technology. | ||
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The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) is the trade association for the rapidly growing community development venture capital industry. Formed in 1993 and incorporated as a not-for-profit in 1995, CDVCA promotes use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities. | ||
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E!nnovate, an association for high-tech professionals, was formed to encourage the education of mentoring of e-business in Wisconsin. With a membership that includes technology entrepreneurs to senior corporate executives, the organization offers exciting business and learning opportunities. | ||
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ePrairie is a leading source of business and technology news and information in Chicago and the greater Midwest. It is a user-driven community distributed via the web, the wireless web and free daily email newsletters. | ||
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Forward Wisconsin is a unique public-private state marketing and business recruitment organization. Its job is marketing outside Wisconsin to attract new businesses, jobs and increased economic activity to the State of Wisconsin. | ||
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Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University, is an interdisciplinary research program which focuses on promoting economic development at the city, regional, national and international levels. A particular focus is on the links between globalization, entrepreneurship, and the strategic management of regions to promote economic development. | ||
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JS Online New Economy Page is a section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel web site. This occasional series examines Wisconsin's evolving place in the New Economy and the forces shaping it. Archives include a transcript of an online chat with NorthStar President David J. Ward. | ||
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Learning in the New Economy e-Magazine is an editorially independent, quarterly publication introducing the best thinking on learning, performance, knowledge, and human capital in the New Economy. | ||
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Madison Gas & Electric Company has tracked the growth of high-technology businesses in the greater Madison area since 1987. MG&E publishes the annual Greater Madison Area Directory of High-Tech Companies, which can be ordered in print or downloaded electronically for a $30 fee. | ||
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Mason Wells provides premier financial services to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial management teams who need capital to acquire a business and support its growth. They offer customized financial solutions, take proprietary positions, facilitate access to a broad range of capital funding, and commit to the long term prosperity of their investee companies. | ||
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National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) is an organization of public, private and nonprofit organizations committed to building their local economies by investing and facilitating investment in local entrepreneurs. | ||
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National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)'s mission is to foster the understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies; to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government; to maintain high professional industry standards; facilitate networking opportunities; and to provide research data and professional development for its members. | ||
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New Economy Daily News - "The News Source for the New Economy". This web site provides links to New Economy news articles in the areas of Business, the Internet, Markets, New Economy Stocks, and Technology. Updated daily. | ||
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New Economy Index features New Economy Policy reports from the Progressive Policy Institute. In this important series of reports, the Progressive Policy Institute's Technology & New Economy Project examines what's actually new about the New Economy and offers policy makers a framework for economic development strategies aimed at promoting fast, and widely shared economic growth and prosperity. | ||
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Northeast Wisconsin Economic Opportunity Study, commissioned by the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the Bay Area Workforce Development Board and other agencies, commissioned an economic development study of a 16 county area in Northeast Wisconsin. NorthStar conducted Phase III of the study, culminating in a report describing key strategies and action steps for creating a successful, knowledge-based economy in the region. | ||
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Profits Journal Online is your source of financial opportunities and intelligence on local, fast-growing public and private companies. It presents information you can profit from, before it's "news" on other Web sites and in regional or national publications. Subscription required for access to "premium" content. | ||
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Stout Technology Park operates as a unique partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Stout, the City of Menomonie, and Xcel Energy and features value-added access to the resources of UW-Stout and in-park access to employee training through the Menomonie campus of Chippewa Valley Technical College. 45 entities currently conduct business in the 403-acre park. 203 acres are available for new development. | ||
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Technology Transfer Tactics is a monthly newsletter targeting specific challenges in recognizing, protecting, and marketing potentially valuable research results, moving the discovery from the sheltered world of the laboratory to successful wide utilization, funding these challenges, and ensuring proper division of recognition and resultant monies. | ||
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University Research Park is a unique research and technology park, whose primary mission is to encourage partnerships between businesses and university researchers. Located 3 miles west of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the University Research Park is the home of 107 companies employing nearly 4,000 people. | ||
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The UW E-Business Consortium at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is a university-industry collaborative initiative to create, integrate, transfer and apply knowledge of e-commerce and e-business technologies, business processes and organizational strategies to enhance the competitiveness of industry. It helps conduct multidisciplinary research and industry-based studies on new paradigms for business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and intra-business interactions. | ||
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Venture Investors LLC is a manager of early stage venture capital funds primarily serving Wisconsin and the Midwest. Over the past decade, the partners have worked together as a team identifying, financing, and providing value added resources to seed and early stage entrepreneurial companies. | ||
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WisBusiness.com features press releases, business events, Wisconsin business links, a Wisconsin business directory, Wisconsin business commentary, and links to Madison Magazine and WisPolitics.com. | ||
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Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN) was created to build angel network capital capacity throughout Wisconsin in order to increase the number and amount of seed-stage equity investments in Wisconsin companies. WAN is a public-private initiative rooted in Gov. Jim Doyle’s Grow Wisconsin Plan – a vision and strategy to create good paying jobs and a “high-end” economy | ||
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The Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (WBMDA) was founded in 1987 (as the Wisconsin Biotechnology Association) by private biotechnology companies to promote the growth of biotechnology in Wisconsin. Since then, WBMDA has grown dramatically, gaining state and national recognition as a major Midwest advocate for the life sciences industry. | ||
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Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) is an organization which fosters economic development in the State of Wisconsin by providing leadership in defining and advocating economic development initiatives and by continually striving to develop the professional practice of economic development. WEDA provides education, communication, and legislative action services to nearly 500 individual and corporate members. | ||
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Wisconsin Economic Summit provides a unique opportunity for the University of Wisconsin System, government, business leaders, and others to explore the future of the State of Wisconsin in the New Economy. The fourth annual summit, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System, was held on October 27th and 28th, 2003 at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | ||
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Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network (WEN) provides integrated statewide support to entrepreneurs in all industries and developmental stages. Contact WEN for assistance with starting a business, finance and accounting, marketing, product development, business plans, intellectual property, or competitive research | ||
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The 2008 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is managed by the Wisconsin Technology Council and is the nation’s first statewide, tech-based business plan competition. Since its inception in 2004, more than 1000 entrepreneurs from more than 100 Wisconsin communities have taken part. Winners have shared in more than $650,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. |
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Wisconsin Innovation Network (WIN), the membership subsidiary of the Wisconsin Technology Council, is a community-based economic development organization dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. WIN programs focus on the needs and challenges faced by new and growing technology-based businesses in Wisconsin. | ||
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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) is a statewide, non-profit business association representing Wisconsin business. Promoting a healthy business climate since 1911, it is a merger of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, the State Chamber of Commerce and the Wisconsin Council of Safety. | ||
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Wisconsin Security Research Consortium seeks to enhance Wisconsin's position to attract and retain research and development grants from federal government agencies for the purpose of conducting sensitive or classified academic research and related development work. | ||
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Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX) is a private government research organization that promotes better government and an informed citizenry through its publications, public outreach and extensive school programs. WISTAX seeks to explain how state and local government work, so that voters and taxpayers, students and teachers can be more active and informed citizens. | ||
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Wisconsin Technology Council is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation created by the Wisconsin legislature that was organized to formulate a master plan for the development of science- and technology-based businesses in Wisconsin. The Council also is to formulate, establish and assist in implementing programs necessary for the development, growth and success of such businesses. | ||
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Wisconsin Technology Network (WTN), in Madison, Wisconsin, was created to connect the people, technology, and ideas driving the advancement of life sciences, biotechnology, and information technology in Wisconsin along with clusters and corridors throughout the Midwest. | ||
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