WisBusiness: The Show – Mark Richardson from the Urban League of Greater Madison

Welcome to a new episode of “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues.

In this edition, Tom Still discusses Wisconsin gaining traction in one publication’s business climate rankings, the WisBusiness.com Stock Report covers tourism & engines and Liz Schrum talks to Mark Richardson from the Urban League of Greater Madison about diversity in the workplace.

The show is produced by Tweedee Productions of Madison and sponsored by GrantThornton, Madison Gas & Electric, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. and UW-Milwaukee.

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Webcast Partners: Wisconsin Technology Council | Tweedee Productions

EPISODE ARCHIVE:

Feature interview: Wisconsin Grocers Association president and CEO Brandon Scholz

Feature interview: Wis. Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association President Matt Hauser

Feature interview: Charlie Hoslet, managing director of UW Office of Corporate Relations

Feature interview: Wisconsin Angel Network director Zach Brandon

Feature interview: FluGen co-founder/CEO Paul Radspinner

Feature interview: Wisconsin Ag Secretary Ben Brancel

Feature interview: Neil Peters-Michaud, CEO and founder of Cascade Asset Management

Feature interview: Lisa Johnson, VP at Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

Feature interview: Wisconsin Banking Association President/CEO Rose Oswald Poels

Wrapping up 2011

Feature interview: WMC Foundation’s Jim Morgan

Feature interview: Platteville Public Schools’ Greg Quam

Feature interview: WEA Trust President/CEO Mark Moody

Feature interview: Mike Theo, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Realtors Association

Feature interview: Kay Koplovitz, chair of Springboard Enterprises

Feature interview: Quintessence Biosciences CEO Ralph Kauten

Feature interview: Aquamost CEO Todd Asmuth

Feature interview: TEAM Companies’ Mike Wicker

Feature interview: Eric Girard from Van Holten’s pickles

Feature interview: NanoOncology CEO Tom Primiano

Feature interview: AT&T Wisconsin’s Scott VanderSanden

Feature interview: Veteran Entrepreneurial Transfer’s Ted Lasser

Feature interview: LIVEyearbook President Don Noskowiak

Feature interview: Kauffman Foundation’s Tim Kane

Feature interview: Zurex Pharma President & CEO Carmine Durham

Feature interview: WMC President Kurt Bauer

Feature interview: Greg Meier, The Talent Lab

Feature interview: Zach Brandon, Wisconsin Angel Network

Feature interview: Departing WMC President Jim Haney

Feature interview: Doug Nelson, M&I Bank

Feature interview: Rod HIse, The Luminis Group

Feature interview: Zack Robbins of the Morgridge Institute for Research

Feature interview: Dept. of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin

Feature interview: Thad Nation, executive director of Wired Wisconsin

Feature interview: Mark Bugher, director of University Research Park

Feature interview: Paul Carbone, managing director of R.W. Baird

Feature interview: Winslow Sargeant of the Small Business Administration

Feature interview: David Jones Jr. of Chrysalis Ventures

Feature interview: Early Stage Symposium keynote speaker Bill Joos

Feature interview: TDS President and CEO Dave Wittwer

Feature interview: Brian Thompson, president of UWM Research Foundation

Feature interview: John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors

Feature interview: Biolonix president Jim Tretheway

Feature interview: Mark Underwood, the president of Quincy Bioscience

Feature interview: Bryan Renk of BioFoward

Feature interview: Phoenix Nuclear’s Greg Piefer

Feature interview: Jeff Madden, construction executive for Mortenson Construction

Feature interview: Lee Edwards, CEO of Virent Systems

Feature interview: Sean Baxter, Kayser Automotive Group

Feature interview: Jim Haney of WMC

Feature interview: Joe Kremer, director of the Wisconsin Angel Network

Feature interview: Charlie Hoslet, managing director of the Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Feature interview: Dr. Sang Kim of the Morgridge Institute for Research

Feature interview: Katina Kravik, CEO of Northwire Technical Cable, Inc.

Feature interview: Compact Particle Acceleration Corporation CEO Shawn Guse

Feature interview: HarQen CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons

Feature interview: state Commerce Secretary and beer entrepreneur Dick Leinenkugel

Feature interview: Kevin Conroy, president and CEO of Exact Sciences

Feature interview: Bill Malkasian, president of the Wisconsin Realtors Association

Feature interview: Rod Hise, president of the Luminis Group

Feature interview: Kurt Bauer, President of the Wisconsin Bankers Association.

Feature interview: Teresa Esser, managing director of Silicon Pastures.

Feature interview: Bill McCoshen of Competitive Wisconsin.

Feature interview: Scott Vander Sanden, President of AT&T in Wisconsin.

Feature interview: Tim Keane, director of the Marquette Golden Angels Network.

Feature interview: Toni Sikes, Senior Adviser with Gruppo Levey and Company

Feature interview: Jim Haney of WMC

See the late September pilot featuring University Research Park Director Mark Bugher