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1 week ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
President Donald Trump’s April executive orders aimed at reinvigorating what he called “America’s beautiful clean coal industry” might not have the desired effects thanks to the changing economics of energy, according to local energy executives and environmental advocates alike.
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1 week ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
At a time when the founders of Apple and Microsoft saw their net worth expand exponentially following initial public offerings, Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner was determined to keep her company private. This and other key judgment calls are explored in a new case study from Harvard Business School chronicling the history of Epic, the Verona electronic health records (EHR) giant.
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1 week ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Epic Systems has become a market leader in the electronic medical records space by building and maintaining customer loyalty, and now customer feedback is playing a critical role in the development of its newest products.
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1 week ago | 
insightonbusiness.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Corey Chambas was hoping to retire as CEO of First Business Financial Services Inc. as he approached 65, but he had a couple of milestones in mind before he could enjoy a life of leisure. First, the company had to be performing well and it has been doing just that — consistently meeting or exceeding 10% revenue growth targets during the past five years. Secondly, his successor had to be ready, in place, and the team around that person fully staffed, up to speed and ready to execute.
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1 week ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Corey Chambas was hoping to retire as CEO of First Business Financial Services Inc. as he approached 65, but he had a couple of milestones in mind before he could enjoy a life of leisure. First, the company had to be performing well and it has been doing just that — consistently meeting or exceeding 10% revenue growth targets during the past five years. Secondly, his successor had to be ready, in place, and the team around that person fully staffed, up to speed and ready to execute.
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2 weeks ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Local utility Madison Gas and Electric says it is on track to meet its plan for net-zero carbon by 2050, thanks to a series of incremental steps including adding new wind, solar and battery storage, and expansions to programs such as Shared Solar. The company is sticking to its plans despite President Donald Trump’s call to reenergize domestic coal production and prioritize the construction of coal-fired power plants.
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1 month ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Sabrina Madison, founder and director of the Progress Center for Black Women in Madison, said Thursday that the center is behind on its fundraising goal and will launch a fundraising campaign to avoid program cuts. The announcement was made during a Facebook livestream event. Madison said the center would like to raise at least $50,000 and will be sending out a newsletter informing residents and businesses about forthcoming events and other opportunities to support the center.
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1 month ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Fifteen years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, controlling employee health care insurance costs remains a challenge for employers. That’s especially true in Wisconsin, which has some of the highest hospital costs in the country according to a 2024 report from RAND, a nonprofit research organization. According to the report, hospitals in Wisconsin charge 318% of Medicare rates, a commonly used baseline for measuring health care prices, compared to the national average of 254%.
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1 month ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
During a quarterly period in which it released two new cancer-screening products, Madison’s Exact Sciences Corp. announced that it generated $707 million in revenue compared to $638 million for the same period of 2024, an increase of 11%. The numbers included screening revenue of $540 million and precision oncology revenue of $167 million.
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1 month ago | 
ibmadison.com | Joe Vanden Plas
Population-wise, these are happy days for Wisconsin, as the state has seen its highest levels of net migration in two decades, according to a March 2025 report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum (WPF). These gains have been bolstered by a national increase in migrants entering the United States from abroad, but President Donald Trump’s immigration policies threaten to slow or reverse these gains.
