Business and political leaders worry that the state lacks the tools needed to compete in the battle for high-tech jobs and that many of Wisconsin's best minds are being siphoned to other regions of the country. Educators, legislators and business leaders will gather Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee for a conference on attracting jobs, teaching technical skills, finding seed money, passing pro-business laws and marketing the state as a technology center. Henkes said most of the state's technology start-up businesses are in Dane County, Milwaukee County and the Chippewa Valley. What's happening there is a good signal. The total cost of the project has not been determined.
Business incubators are special centers created to nurture small companies.
Wisconsin has about 30. We need to build into the future. We're not just bringing in more jobs. Officials want to model the incubator after one in Milwaukee County known as the Technology Innovation Center. That center is in the Milwaukee County Research Park in Wauwatosa.