Inside Wisconsin
with Tom Still
March 2015
03/30/15American Family helping set standard for ‘big company’ role in emerging economyFrom the outside, American Family Insurance might strike observers as a buttoned-down, old-line company operating in a traditional business market. Beneath that blue-chip exterior beats the heart of a corporate entrepreneur. |
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03/20/15Keeping the pipeline filled with engineers essential for Wisconsin businessIf you want to know why engineering appears once again on the rise as a career choice, just check out Education News and its “Career Path” database for average salaries for engineers. |
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03/16/15Portals for doing business abroad are wide open for Wisconsin companiesNeil Karolek, the gregarious yet all-business president of TLX Technologies in Pewaukee, is blunt when he talks about his company’s entry into international markets. “Don’t do it like I did it!” Karolek told about 50 people at a March 12 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network’s Milwaukee chapter. Posted at 08:44 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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03/09/15Cities that try to block ‘shared economy’ risk missing an innovation trendWhether the phenomenon is called the “shared economy” or the “on-demand economy,” companies that capitalize on making more efficient use of people and their possessions are changing some traditional business models. Posted at 08:52 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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03/02/15Internet access battle far from over in CongressTwo weeks ago during a Washington, D.C., “fly-in” of technology groups, companies, and carriers, one of five members of the Federal Communications Commission held aloft the 332-page plan touted as necessary to treat all Internet traffic equally. Posted at 09:10 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |