From Rustbelt to Techtown: Milwaukee is Building a New Image and a New Economic Reality.

...er way and its based on reality rather than made-for-TV spin. Last weeks eforum in Milwaukee highlighted some of the assets and challenges facing southeast...Langley pointed to continuing image problems that hold back the region. The eforum keynote speaker, researcher Ross DeVol of the California-based Milken Inst...

High-Tech Economic Development in Southeastern Wisconsin

...hallenges and opportunities that Wisconsin technology companies face was the subject of a series of in-depth economic development presentations at the eforum conference held last week and produced by eInnovate , a local technology networking association. Conference speakers focused on the role of innov...

The (Tech) Economic Year in Review: Signs of Progress Amid Continuing Challenges

...sive Policy Institute ranked Wisconsin fairly high for producing ideas but back in the pack in terms of turning those ideas into jobs. At this months eforum in Milwaukee, Ross DeVol of the non-profit Milken Institute told much the same story, but he also credited Wisconsin for systematically attacking its ...

IBM takes one direction, Milwaukee entrepreneurs the other

... Last Thursday was a day of interesting juxtapositions. I spent the morning with Milwaukee entrepreneurs at eforum 2005, where one of the hot topics was the shift from selling services to selling products. The thinking was that it's easier to grow per-employee reve...

Innovative Health Strategies near Milwaukee set to profit from Medicare expansion

...to be able to do it and the whole process, because it's going to be highly subject to audit." IHS, which recently won a TKO Award at eInnovate 's eforum conference in Waukesha for best technology-enabled business services company, also offers independent auditing, training, staff support and other mana...