Scott W. Ambler to present at Midwest Agile Meeting May 6th (April 9, 2009)
Scott E. Ambler, Chief Methodologist/Agile & SOA with IBM Rational will present on the Agile Process Maturity Model (APMM). The meeting will be held on May 6th at 11:30 am (CDT). APMM puts the various agile processes into perspective, providing advice on when to move beyond the rhetoric and start practicing Agile in your organization.  Space is limited.  Click here for more information.

Experienced entrepreneur, Brian Curry, to present "Gone in 6 Seconds, Killer Start-up Mistakes" at March 19th WIN Northeast meeting -  (03/03/09)  Even the most successful entrepreneurs make mistakes.  Learning from those mistakes is what separates a successful entrepreneur from the unsuccessful entrepreneur.  To shorten your learning curve, Brian will share with you the biggest mistakes he has made and witnessed in his experience with over 40 start-up companies.  To register for this event, click here. 

"On Clouds and Silver Linings: A venture capitalist take on the financial meltdown" by Paul Jones in Insight Magazine (02/09)  CFI President, Paul Jones appears in February issue of Insight.  To read the article "On couds and Silverlinings: A venture capitalist take on the financial meltdown," go Insight Magazine online at www.insightonbusiness.com  His article appears on page 51. 

BadgerCode.com Announces New Opportunities (11/21/08)
David Troup, CEO, MailFoundry and member of the Council for Innovation Software Roundtable, created Badgercode.com to inspire area coders to take existing resources and develop creative solutions that might turn into a business or are just plain cool to do.  Check out the new opportunities at www.badgercode.com.  Oh, and don't forget to share the link with your "coding" friends.
 
Issue #5 of Risque, a newsletter for Wisconsin's Silicon Valley Class Entrepreneurial Community ready for viewing (11/19/08)
To read this issue, click on the following link. risque_volume_1_issue_5

President, Paul Jones Named Entrepreneur in Residence at UW Oshkosh College of Business - Welcomes guests to class!  (9/11/08)  Paul Jones, President of CFI has been named the first Entrepreneur in Residence at the UW Oshkosh College of Business.  One of his duties in this role will be Instructor for the BUS 383 Entrepreneurship Course.  Anyone interested in being a guest (sitting-in) on one of his classes should contact him at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .  To view the class syllabus/schedule, Click Here.