By: MC Services
Published: December 1, 2014
Last week, this blog reported on the publication of the latest State Tech and Science Index from the Milken Institute. Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, took exception with the state's 36th-place ranking in the risk capital and entrepreneurial infrastructure component of the Index, telling the Wisconsin State Journal that opportunities for startup development and venture capital investment are plentiful.
Over the weekend, Still wrote a column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in which he took a detailed look at the results and laid out some areas where Wisconsin must improve, while still calling Milken out for its bias in favor of the coasts:
Still highlighted the good health of Wisconsin's tech startups, which rank well above the national average. IT consultants can help keep it that way by providing tech support to Wisconsin's companies.