Mashable has named SnowShoe one of the Top 10 Under-the-Radar Tech Startups to Watch. The list was put together by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), and includes startups “solving real problems and changing the way we interact with our daily technology, from hardware that authenticates smartphone transactions to digital billboards to Near Field Communication (NFC) …
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The 2013 Madison Startup Fair features successful startups from the Madison area. Anyone interested in technology and entrepreneurship can talk one-on-one in an informal environment with startup founders and employees about their experiences. Find out more about the burgeoning Madison startup scene and the opportunities startups have to offer, including ways you can get involved …
The Doyenne Group is organizing a 2 day Design-A-Thon event to take place on February 9-10 at HotelRED in Madison. The Design-a-thon is an event where women can explore and have fun with the entrepreneurial process. Women will register in advance, propose ideas, work in teams to explore/build the idea for 24 hours, and then …
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For the Madison digital startup scene, 2012 was a year of growth and validation. The number and impact of startups within the Capital Entrepreneurs community continued to grow, and many of those startups saw a lot of success. In 2012, Capital Entrepreneurs companies created over 125 full time jobs, raised $10.6 million in funding, and …
The past year has been a whirlwind of new games and some amazing local and national recognition for PerBlue. We were so proud to have been recognized by several organizations within the last year. PerBlue was a finalist in the GetDiscovered! Contest, recognizing awesome Android apps. Pocket Gamer named us one of the top 10 …
Last year Murfie was a roller coaster. This year we’re an airplane. An airplane during takeoff. We’ve got our engines roaring, our flaps and slats are deployed and we’re entering the climb phase. We expect a few bumps here and there during ascent (we’re a startup, afterall), but we’re happy to be finally off the …
The forward-thinking initiative that began nearly 1 year ago took a huge step forward with the launch of the City of Madison open data portal today. Madison became the 2nd city in the nation to adopt an open data ordinance last year, and today released more than a dozen data sets. The goal is to …
Networked Insights continued to experience inordinate growth in its client base, revenue, operational scope, and team size during 2012. Revenue from clients increased by over 300% from 2011. The company greatly expanded its list of household client names by adding companies such as Samsung, Duracell, Almay, General Electric, Dell, and Allstate Insurance to its client …
In 2012 my best friend Ben Sperry and I, two recent UW-Madison graduates, started a startup called Codiqa with a dream to make it easy for anyone to build mobile and web apps with HTML5 technologies. We entered private beta right after new year’s (bad idea, I guess normal people take vacations), and then we …
2012 was a great year for Optimal Media Group and the NightOut sites. We removed underperforming products and reinforced and strengthened our core products while adding an incredibly lucrative loyalty program. We continue to modify and upgrade the functionality of our user interface for an improved visitor experience. The best improvement this year has been …
Portable Scores is a Madison startup building a connected portable electronic scoreboard for recreational sports. Founded by Bob Baddeley in February after a long period as a part-time hobby, Portable Scores immediately traveled to China to participate in a new hardware startup called HAXLR8R. After 3 months learning about manufacturing, sourcing, and hardware distribution and …
WomStreet wraps up an amazing first year with a bang, launching one of their most viral contests to date. The contest was a promotion for 6 pop icon DJs. In just 1 hour after launch, the contest set a submissions record with nearly 40 entries. It was their 42nd contest, with over 30 different customers, …
2013 To bring us into 2013, we’ll be looking back at 2012. There were a ton of amazing things that happened in 2012 within the Capital Entrepreneurs community and the Madison Startup Scene and we’d like to share them. We’ll be kicking off a series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies summarizing their year in …
