Milwaukee, Wis. - You may have missed this: Web-software services provider Zywave Inc. recently announced it would be the anchor tenant in a new 165,000-square-foot building being constructed in the Milwaukee County Research Park. The announcement was little noticed outside of commercial real estate development circles, but the news is more than a real estate story. It’s a major technology success story playing out, and an example of how a powerful business development practice could bolster the regional economy, if it were not engaged so rarely. Also read Gold as an Investment That practice is called corporate venturing, a broad category of activities whereby an operating company deliberately and strategically develops and allocates funds and resources to new businesses. The most well known strategies under the corporate venturing umbrella are acquisitions in early-stage companies and joint ventures. Lesser known, but with high potential, are internally focused business crea...