Features

Business Burglaries Up 37% in 2007: What You Need to Know to Help Cover Your Assets!
Jane Saunders, the owner of the Tobacco Bar on Madison's West Side, has been burglarized twice in the past several months. SheÕs not alone. Burglaries to commercial properties are up. Way up. Find out how to protect your property and your bottom line.
8 tips to make your business less appealing to crime.

Woodman's vs. the Union: Turning Sour?
The union stands to lose its foothold at Woodman's. Should employees be allowed to vote disband it? Here's the debate.
Unfair labor practice claims listed.

The Commercial Design Awards
IB reveals the top commercial design projects in Dane County! Winners will be announced May 8th, 2008 at the CDA Awards Ceremony.

The Top 200 Firms in Dane County
The Big Guns! Dane County's top money earners.

Editorial Columns

In Biz: The "Dreyfus Test" (and other thoughts)
By Bill Haight
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Publisher's View: Improving Our Recipe with Barry Callen
By Jody Glynn Patrick
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The "B.S. Free" Marketing Zone: Insight #1: Shakespeare Was Wrong.
By Barry Callen
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Up Against the Wall: Death by a Thousand Cuts
By Terrence Wall
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Departments

Movers & Shakers: Cheryl Porior-Mayhew
Cheryl Porior-Mayhew, executive director, National Alliance on Mental Illness, plus other execs moving up (and off) the career ladder.

The Business Report
View the online Business Report that includes many extras not printed in the magazine.

Biz Calendar
View the NEW online Biz Calendar.

Day in the Life: Matt Bottorff
Find out what it takes to keep the bars stocked and drinks flowing with Wisconsin Distributors' Matt Bottorff.

Start-Up: Gammoth
A young entrepreneur's e-commerce venture into mobile communications.

Emerging Leader: Stacy Knuth
Stacy Knuth, a UW-Madison student with a winning business plan.

Backstage Pass
Is Wisconsin the up-and-coming "third coast" for the film industry? Michael Graf with Spot Filmworks thinks so.