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Featured resource of the month: Video from TEAM Companies on data centers

The choice of whether to build your own data center or to lease space from a data center provider is one of the most critical business decisions you can make for your organization. Considerations such as overall ROI, operational flexibility, future growth and virtualization all have to be taken into account in order to find the solution that best meets your needs. 

In this video, Jeff Gilmer of Excipio Consulting introduces the "Build vs. Buy" question and lends some insight into the risks and benefits of either decision.

To learn more about the "Build vs. Buy" question from Jeff and TEAM in person, visit http://www.teamseminarseries.com/ to sign-up for the next Build vs. Buy Seminar near you.

TEAM will be hosting a number of these sessions throughout the Upper Midwest this fall. Each session will also feature time for networking and a happy hour. Dates and times for each session are listed below.

Please note that all event agenda times are identical.

Networking: 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Seminar: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Happy Hour 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee, WI - September 29, 2011

Pfister Hotel, 424 E Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202

Madison, WI - October 13, 2011, The Madison Club, 5 E Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703

Fox Valley, WI - TBA

Coming Soon

Des Moines, IA - October 26, 2011

Hotel Fort Des Moines, 1000 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 50309

Cedar Falls, IA - October 27, 2011, Voodoo Lounge, 314 Main St., Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Davenport, IA - November 10, 2011,  Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E 3rd St., Davenport, IA 52801

Register Here:

http://www.teamseminarseries.com/

More Videos

Phase 2 Basis of Design

TEAM/TDS Data Centers Virtual Tour

Phase 2 Project Flyover

 

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

This agency offers technology loans and grants to qualified companies, assists in site and location matters, and manages the Qualified New Business Venture (QNVB) program for investor tax credits.  

Contact:  Paul Jadin, Secretary
(608) 266-7088 / helen.stewart@wisconsin.gov

For Specific QNVB Information Contact:
Shelly Harkins / (608) 267-0346


Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

WARF is a non-profit organization that supports research, transfers technology and ensures that the inventions and discoveries of UW-Madison benefit humankind. The UW-Madison is a premier research institution with world-class faculty and staff who attract more than $900 million in sponsored research each year. WARF receives about 400 disclosures per year and has taken an equity share in about 40 companies.

Contact:
Carl Gulbrandsen, Managing Director
(608) 263-2824
carl@warf.org

Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN)

WAN's mission is to fuel the growth of entrepreneurial, early stage financing throughout Wisconsin. WAN produces and provides resources to the early stage investing community. Those resources include the "Deal-flow Pipeline," an online connection point for investors and entrepreneurs; assisting with angel network and early stage fund formation; facilitating collaboration between investors; on-demand videos, templates and other resources designed to help entrepreneurs seeking capital; and more.

Contact:
Zach Brandon, Director
(608) 442-7557
zbrandon@wisconsinangelnetwork.com

State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)

SWIB is the state agency that invests the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System, the State Investment Fund and other state trust funds. As of August 2008, SWIB managed nearly $87 billion in investments.

Contact:
Chris Prestigiacomo,Portfolio Manager, Private Markets Group 
(608) 266-6723 
Chris.Prestigiacomo@swib.state.wi.us


Wisconsin System Technology Foundation (WiSys)

WiSys is a non-profit WARF subsidiary established to identify innovative technologies developed beyond the UW-Madison campus, primarily within 11 other UW System campuses and Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences. It helps to bring those technologies to the marketplace for the benefit of the inventors, their universities, Wisconsin’s economy and society.

Contact:
Maliyakal John, Director

(608) 265-2135
maliyaka@wisys.org

UWM Research Foundation

UW-Milwaukee researchers in engineering, business, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities are looking for partners to bring their discoveries to the world. The campus manages about $30 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Brian Thompson, President
(414) 229-3397
briant@uwmfdn.org

Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences

Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences promotes the exchange of knowledge between patient care services and research programs by helping to determine the commercial potential of advances. The division aligns research projects with health care needs and assists in the patent process. The clinic conducts about $25 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Marsha Barwick, Assistant Director of Applied Sciences
(715) 389-3430
barwick.marsha@marshfieldclinic.org

 

Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Technology Development

The MCW Office of Technology Development is responsible for managing the discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property assets of the Medical College of Wisconsin and advancing these discoveries. The MCW conducts about $125 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Joseph Hill, Vice President and Director
(414) 456-4381
jhill@mcw.edu

PowerBuy 4 You

PowerBuy 4 You is a newcomer to the Wisconsin business community, and is using a variety of well-established business principles to help businesses in Wisconsin be more competitive.   These core ideas include collective buying power, thrift, economies of scale, service, and member advocacy.  Membership in the consortium is free of charge, and open to companies across a broad spectrum of industries. 

 

Contact:

Becky Pharo

608-225-3350
becky@powerbuy4you.com
 

 

UW Bioscience Research Facilities and Resources

UW-Madison ranks with the likes of Stanford, UCLA and the University of California, San Diego when it comes to award-winning research talent. It allows for innovative collaborations among nearly 750 engineers, biologists, geneticists, neuroscientists, chemists, political scientists and others in the life sciences.


UW Business/Technology Transfer Resources

UW-Madison includes one of the leading technology transfer organizations in the world to help researchers bridge the gap between discovery and the marketplace.


Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)

DFI's mission is to ensure the safety and soundness of Wisconsin's financial institutions, to protect the consumers of financial services, and to facilitate economic growth. The agency regulates and licenses financial service providers who do business in Wisconsin.

Contact:
Peter Bildsten, Cabinet Secretary
(608) 264-7800
peter.bildsten@wisconsin.gov

Midwest Co-Invest Network (MIN)

MIN introduces and coordinates funding rounds between its membership, which is made up of 16 angel networks and funds from across the Midwest.  Membership is open to any angel network, fund or early stage fund interested in syndicating Midwest deals. 

Contacts: Zach Brandon / (608) 442-7557
Zbrandon@wisconsinangelnetwork.com
Dennis Serio, Co-founder / (630) 207-3076
dserio@sbcglobal.net

Midwest Research University (MRUN)

MRUN is an alliance of professionals dedicated to facilitating growth of university technology spinout companies through start-up formation.  MRUN is built around the idea that regional cooperation in new business formation can foster commercialization of university research. 

Contact:  Allen J. Dines, Founder and President
(608) 262-2797 / ajdines@wisc.edu

BioForward

BioForward is the independent, member-driven state association that is the voice of Wisconsin's bioscience industry.  It focuses on making innovation happen:  helping members find partners and funding, advocating for public policy that fosters innovation and growth, offering group purchase discounts and providing tools for recruiting and developing talent.

Contact: Bryan Renk, Executive Director
(608) 236-4753 / brenk@bioforward.org


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