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THE CAP TIMES | April 12, 2024| Power Hour
"Hospital funding is ‘Byzantine Jenga,’ Froedtert ThedaCare CEO says" – The Capitol Times
Cathy Jacobson – CFO at major Chicago hospital at 27 and long a healthcare powerhouse – is on the verge of retirement and tells it like it is. She's also the first female CEO to join in the Cap Times's Power Hour Breakfast interview series, moderated by Mark Richardson.
Watch the video here to get her expert perspective on lessons learned, problems identified and addressed … and challenges for the future. Or read The Cap Times recap.
STARTING BLOCK MADISON’S INNOVATE 608 PODCAST | It may sound fantastical, but in 2012, a UW-Madison freshman learning to shop for his own groceries conjured an app that has since revolutionized how brands reward consumers and can, at last, precisely target their marketing efforts.
Listen here as Mark Richardson and serial entrepreneur, “unicorn” CEO and founder of Fetch, Wes Schroll, discuss the Madison-based company’s beginnings, growth, and BIGGEST wins so far.
THE CAP TIMES | Ken Bockhorst, CEO of Badger Meter sat down with our Mark Richardson for the first Cap Times’ “Power Hour” of 2024 to discuss – among many things – the edge that innovative technologies are giving this 118-year-old company to in serving both its decades-long utilitity customers across North America … and growing new customers across the globe. Watch video of the full interview on YouTube now. Or, read the text recap here.
THE CAP TIMES | Featuring Wisconsin CEO live interviews moderated by UB’s Mark Richardson, these hourlong + networking breakfast events were formerly called “Exectutive Breakfast” It’s now called the “Power Hour” but the format remains the same. Read a recap of Mark’s Nov. 17, 20023 sit down with Fortune 500 Company, Oshkosh Corporation’s CEO John Pfeifer, or watch the full interview and Q&A on YouTube.
BLACK OXYGEN | Podcast host Angela Russell engages UB’s Mark Richardson on the myriad ways that Downtown Madison, Inc. is working to transform “Downtown” into a place where people of color are “Being celebrated … not just tolerated.”
THE CAP TIMES | What makes Wisconsin's 40-store grocery chain, Festival Foods such a strong competitor in a wildly competitive business?
UB's president Mark Richardson got the scoop – (and some other great tidbits) during this engaging conversation with Festival Foods' CEO Mark Skogen at The Cap Times fourth Executive Breakfast.
The Cap Times’ Natalie Yarr shares her take on this fourth session in their Executive Breakfast series here. Then catch the full video, including great questions from both the moderator and the audience.
THE CAP TIMES | He’s recognized by moviegoers far and wide, but you might be surprised to learn that Greg Marcus, the President & CEO of the Marcus Corporation, leads a widely diversified company that thrives by bringing innovation to multiple industries.
Check out this Executive Breakfast video for the larger story … and read the paper’s own movie man, Rob Thomas’s recap here.
OUTTADEEBOX PODCAST | 14 years ago Mark Richardson and his wife became a “Big Couple” through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County. Tune in as the podcast’s host banters with Mark about the couple’s experiences and adventures with their now-adult “Little,” The organization’s Community Outreach and Recruitment Manager, Tracy Anderson, shares the many ways that others can get involved in the program – including the nitty gritty details you may have been wondering about. Check it out!.
THE CAP TIMES | Founder and CEO of SHINE Technologies, Greg Piefer, was the second interviewee of the Cap Times Executive Breakfast series series moderated by UB’s Mark Richardson. Listen, read, and learn!
Whether or not you’re read the above, check out this video and learn how Janesville-based SHINE Technologies harnesses nuclear technologies for medicine and a healthier planet – all while creating jobs in Wisconsin and beyond.
Blueprint 365 | The recently launched online multicultural and multiethnic digital-first business publication Blueprint 365 solicited Mark Richardson’s career advice on remote work.
Is it right for you? If you choose that path, how can you mitigate potential pitfalls you may encounter along the way?
THE CAP TIMES | UB’s Mark Richardson moderates a lively conversation with Generac Power Systems’ CEO Aaron Jadgfeld for the first Cap Times Executive Breakfast session. They discuss everything from the company’s history, diversification trajectory, how they approach current hiring challenges … and much more. (article + 60-minute YouTube video).
BLACK OXYGEN | UB’s Founder & President Mark Richardson talks with BLACK OXYGEN podcast host Angela Russell on the ongoing impact of The Great Resignation … and a whole lot more.
THE CAP TIMES | ‘Like throwing gasoline on a fire’: How COVID ignited a work revolution
THE CAP TIMES | Cap Times Idea Fest: Why so many people quit their jobs, and what's next following “The Great Resignation”
View full-length video of “The Great Resignation” panel.
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL | KNOW YOUR MADISONIAN | MARK RICHARDSON | Unfinished Business founder works to match employees with employers, and vice versa
SUSTAIN DANE | Community Shares of Wisconsin honors Mark Richardson & Joie Zhang
AFP Greater Madison | Cultural Competence: The first step is inclusion
CAFFEINE CLARITY | Making the World a Better Place One Cup At a Time | Mark Richardson
WORT-FM | 8 O’CLOCK BUZZ | Mark Richardson, CEO of GigBlender And Unfinished Business
MADISON MAGAZINE | The M List 2015: Social Innovation
THE MADISON TIMES | Interview with Mark Richardson: Taking care of Unfinished Business