Entrepreneurs insulated from roiling financial markets - John TorinusThe meltdown of the financial and political systems in the United States was the backdrop for a meeting of 250 enthusiastic believers in the power of entrepreneurship at Discovery World last week.

Investment credits offer bonanza - John Torinus

Calling all entrepreneurs and early-stage investors: Some $10 million in 2008 investment tax credits are still available for new Wisconsin companies.

Thou shalt not forget angel investing commandments - John Torinus

Randy Spaulding obeyed the Ten Commandments of angel investing and, as a result, he was successful at raising funds for his start-up company

Drug-test company buys hospital campus - Journal-Sentinel

Spaulding Clinical Research that runs clinical trials for new drugs has bought the former campus of St. Joseph’s Community Hospital in West Bend.

Entrepreneurship takes baby steps in Wisconsin - John Torinus

Development of an entrepreneurial culture in Wisconsin is moving forward, but not without a step or two backward for every several steps forward.

State needs to do more for Angel Investors - John Torinus

More than 50 angel investors at the Milwaukee Yacht Club heard Lorrie Keating Heineman promote a package of tax breaks for investments they were preparing to make in start-up enterprises, and they liked what they heard.

Forget golf; instead, stay involved - John Torinus

In Milwaukee there is a huge need for more angel investors, people who put their money and guidance into start-up companies. New enterprises can replace the jobs that are gradually eroding in manufacturing, our strength for the last century.

Angels helping kick start start-ups - Journal-Sentinel

Three Milwaukee-area businessmen are forming an angel investment group, Successful Entrepreneurs Fund, are is putting money into start-ups.

Finding the right mix - Journal-Sentinel

A small Milwaukee start-up that’s attracted strong interest from local angel investing groups is launching its first product, a biodiesel analyzer, at a national industry conference.