ESG: Will it improve your company?
New ESG requirements will affect almost every business as investors demand more transparency and government places new demands around these issues.
New ESG requirements will affect almost every business as investors demand more transparency and government places new demands around these issues.
It’s no longer a case of Wisconsin companies needing to compete against their peers in Illinois, Minnesota, or other neighboring states for technology talent. It has become a national and international contest, thanks in large part to the rise of remote work.
The widespread disruption to the country’s supply chain has, perhaps unsurprisingly, impacted cash flow for many businesses, but not in the way one might expect.
Most pairings flow together naturally — peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, cardinal and white. Some, like the new pairing of technology and cybersecurity fit together uneasily.
The village and town of Plover near Stevens Point are not unlike many mid-sized communities in Wisconsin, with tidy homes, stores, schools, restaurants, parks, and more. But Plover has something hard to find in most other places: It has an organized group of early-stage investors.
For those people who live in the Madison area or often pass through, the evolution of Exact Sciences in a physical sense has been nothing short of dramatic.
Sales is a skill that is developed and perfected over time, and the best salespeople will tell you that along the way they had a mentor, cheerleader, or supportive boss or colleague who helped them see something in themselves that maybe they didn’t see.
Two years ago, when the bill was called “The Endless Frontier Act,” Wisconsin’s Mike Gallagher was among four bipartisan members of Congress who took the lead in pushing for deeper federal investment in science and technology to reenergize economic growth.
There’s no doubt that inflation is everywhere these days — gas prices have skyrocketed, the prices of raw materials are at astronomical levels, and the costs of grocery items like produce, meat, and bread have shot up.
The numbers are hard to dispute: Kids who attend organized but relatively inexpensive preschool programs are more likely to graduate from high school, to earn more as adults, to stay off welfare, and to avoid spending time in jail.
Not too long ago, I was working with a business owner who was assessing their options for a sale. We started talking about private equity (PE) as a viable option.
It feels more permanent this time, like we’re finally moving beyond the pandemic and into some semblance of a sustainable routine.
A brutal war in Ukraine rages, inflation is infectious, and a cold, wet April has largely lived up to poet T.S. Eliot’s branding as “the cruelest month.” Perhaps some updates on recent missives will warm things up.
Launching a service-based business is so appealing to entrepreneurial folk, as they are the easiest to start with no capital.
Judging by commercial advertisements and the evangelical reviews of proud owners, nearly everyone will be driving an electric vehicle within a few years.
For those who didn’t purchase or refinance last year, you might be feeling like you missed the boat on low mortgage interest rates.
For years, Wisconsin could be described as a “flyover state” when it came to venture capital funds that historically clustered on America’s coasts. Why invest elsewhere if you could find all the talent and technology you needed in young companies a few blocks away?
The hallmark of an entrepreneur is their “Can do!” and “Let’s go!” attitude. They have an energy and sense of possibility that drives them and can be infectious.
Nothing like a brutal war in Ukraine to drive home the realities of the world’s dependence on oil. The devastation and suffering there has also pushed talk of nuclear power back to the forefront … for reasons bad and good.
There are currently more than 8,000 corporate Starbucks locations in the United States. In December, a store in Buffalo, New York, became the very first to form a union.