That’s why a grant announced recently by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to the University of Wisconsin-Madison is an important step in building a base for new business start-ups. The foundation, based in Kansas City, is giving UW-Madison $5 million over five years to encourage entrepreneurship, offer services to nascent companies and perhaps work on the economic problems in Milwaukee’s inner city. The school is one of nine nationwide receiving the funding.
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