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. To improve your game so you can highlight your talent during such sports events, a new tech like those simulators can be deployed. In fact, Golf simulators offer a revolutionary avenue for refining one’s game, delivering an immersive experience that …
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 …
Max Lynch is a Madison entrepreneur and co-founder of Codiqa. Codiqa provides rapid HTML5 mobile prototyping in the cloud. Max shares his journey taking an idea and turning it into a company with us now. In 2012, my friend Ben Sperry and I launched our startup Codiqa, in Madison, Wisconsin. Since the year is almost …
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Foursquare is inviting developers all around the world to join by banding together in their hometowns and hacking up some awesome connected apps of their own on Saturday, January 5th. Madison startups SnowShoe and Hoos.in are hosting the Madison location of the Global Foursquare Hackathon. There are prizes, swag, and glory for the best Foursquare …
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Apollo67, a group from the Sector67 hackerspace, had their third near-space launch this weekend. This project is the result of a contest among other hackerspaces called Hackerspaces In Space, whose purpose is to create a set of instructions and an example for schools to use as a model to do their own near-space experimentation. The …
Hardin Design & Development CEO Jon Hardin was named one of the top 9 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch in the Chicago area by Under30CEO. Under30CEO launched a nationwide campaign this summer to discover the most promising young entrepreneurs from all across the United States. Hardin Design & Development is headquartered in Madison and builds cutting …
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Game-based learning startup Ronin Studios and Consulting was recently featured in the Isthmus. Ronin designs and develops mobile and web-based learning games, simulations and applications for adult learners for use in corporate training and more. Gaming use has been on a dramatic rise overall and game-based learning, which traditionally has been a luxury for Fortune …
Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – Bluepoint Investment Counsel. Sponsors provide financial support to fund core Capital Entrepreneurs operations and meeting events. If you would like to get involved as a sponsor, contact us. Bluepoint Investment Counsel is an investment advisory firm based on Madison’s west side. We provide investment …
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Our Ballot Box founder and CEO Lucas Dailey was featured on TechCrunch describing how to build a revolutionary social network. Our Ballot Box serves as an online opinion expression platform to connect politicians and constituents. Dailey discussed his lessons learned in building the company, and his vision for transforming political speech. Read the full article …
Bad Donkey Social‘s Enriched Text Content (ETC) technology was highlighted by InBusiness recently. ETC is a mobile product that creates an alternative to bland alphanumeric text by adding relevant branded images in-line as part of text conversations. The product is currently in beta testing, with a release slated soon. More than 20 Madison area businesses …
Asthmapolis and their “smart” asthma inhaler were recently featured in Wired. Asthmapolis helps patients and health providers better monitor the behavior of asthma utilizing a sensor that attaches to an inhaler. The sensor records the time and location of each use, which makes data collection part of the act of using the inhaler. The data …
Pretty Lights Music will select the opener for their show from the top 5 finalists voted on WomStreet. The show will take place on November 15 at the Alliant Energy Center. All talented DJs near Madison are being asked to submit their best original 15 minute mix. The contest can be found here.
Initially slated to host the Madison location of the now postponed Foursquare global hackathon, SnowShoe has decided to go ahead with their own version of the event. Due to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation of the East Coast (Foursquare is headquartered in NYC), Foursquare has officially decided to cancel their hackathon scheduled for this weekend (November 3). …
The second annual Madison Tech Social is coming the evening of November 14 at The Brink Lounge. Hosted by Bendyworks, EarthIT, Versa Studio, The Creative Company and 5Nines, the Tech Social features presentations and a meta-gathering which assembles a wide range of Madison area technology, design and marketing professionals, including meetup groups like Web Design …
