Expansion and Business Development in the New North Here’s what 10 years and $1 billion of investments did for Sheboygan County Sheboygan Press In the past 10 years, Sheboygan County has seen building expansions, new businesses, increased community spaces and other growth thanks to over $1 billion of investments. The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation celebrated that growth at its 10th annual meeting on Wednesday. There were acrobats from Sheboygan Falls, vendor booths with innovators from across the county and an opening statement given by.... Read More 1>
Foster Targeted Industry Clusters and New Markets Amplify Oshkosh event untangles IT ethics Insight Publications From the complexities of autonomous vehicles to privacy concerns to artificial intelligence, technology presents a perpetual plethora of ethical dilemmas. At its Ethical IT event, Amplify Oshkosh explored strategies and philosophies surrounding some of the IT’s most pressing questions. David Ryan Polgar, a tech ethicist and founder of All Tech is Human, says the speed with which technology evolves makes it difficult to address concerns as they arise... Read More 2> Economic Development Feature Why the Midwest is a hotbed for innovation Fortune.com The first thing you might notice about Chris Olsen’s profile on the Drive Capital website is the photo of his daughter crying in front of moving boxes. That picture was taken the day Olsen and his family were supposed to move from San Francisco to Columbus, Ohio. Olsen had left his job at Sequoia Capital to take a risk with investor Mark Kvamme and co-found Drive Capital, a new venture firm based in the Midwest.... Read More 3>
New North Event 2019 New North Summit New North, Inc. would like to send out a sincere thank you to the following companies, Community First Credit Union - Appleton Wisconsin, Fox Valley Technical College, Investors Community Bank, Green Bay Packers, NEW Manufacturing Alliance and WMEP (Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership), who have come in support of the 2019 New North Summit at the Collaborator level. We work closely with these wonderful companies on a number of projects throughout the year and we are happy to partner again for this year's Summit! To register or for more information on the 2019 New North Summit, please visit, newnorthsummit.com. Please feel free to contact Lorissa R. Bañuelos, (920) 336-3860, lbanuelos@thenewnorth.com. |