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John Torinus

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John Torinus is the chairman of Serigraph Inc. in West Bend. He is involved with several business and civic organizations and is the author of “The Company That Solved Health Care.”

Will Obamacare or private sector reforms carry the day?

A race, invisible to most, is on to solve the nation’s health care crisis.

Prosperity agenda for the new chancellor

Rebecca Blank, the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, has her work cut out for her if she is to position her taxpayer-built institution as a prime mover for the state’s prosperity.

Walker inches into health care reform

Taxpayers in Wisconsin should be encouraged that Gov. Walker has finally put his toe into reform waters for the delivery of health care to state employees.

Lean road to better cars, better health care

Remember a couple of decades when 75,000 miles on a car was time to trade it in? Now, it’s not unusual for an owner to drive a car for 200,000 miles.

UWM chancellor cooks recipe for transformation

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mike Lovell has cooked up a recipe that he predicts will transform the “innovation ecosystem” and economy of southeast Wisconsin.

State should venture only as limited partner

Super angel investor Tom Shannon meets with the CEO of Somna Therapeutics, a recent spinout from the Medical College of Wisconsin, every Monday morning to go over an activity report. He and CEO Nick Maris look at what got done the previous week, what needs to happen in the coming week and progress against critical milestones as they prepare to bring to market a device for the control of acid reflux.

Red dots, black dots for hospital quality

The camouflage on the cost and quality of heath care in America is blessedly being stripped away by entrepreneurial initiatives. Payers can finally get a glimpse at what they are buying and for how much.

True North for investing public funds in ventures

As Wisconsin gets closer to considering an early stage investing bill, it is important to get the basic principles right. Here’s my take on how to proceed on solid ground:

Walker needs to fix feckless job growth

As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sets himself up to win a second term in 2014 and to position himself as a presidential contender in 2016, he needs to make good on his number one objective from his 2010 campaign: job creation.

Exchanges won’t solve real health care issues

The latest flap over ObamaCare, whether state or local government will run the exchanges, has once again created a major distraction from real reform of the health care delivery system.

Can Ryan mitigate partisanship?

The country will be slicing and dicing state and national election returns for weeks to try to figure out where all the chips will fall. Some of the voting dynamics will remain obscure for awhile, but other fall-outs seem relatively clear. Among them:

Presidential candidates should embrace the Getz model

“If you don’t get out and try it, you won’t have the opportunity to be successful.”
So said Jalem Getz about business ventures after receiving the George Dalton Inspirational Entrepreneur Award from BizStarts Milwaukee at its fourth anniversary celebration recently. He knows all about trying different businesses before finding one that hits pay dirt.

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