With 2013 quickly coming to an end, and no work shortage in sight, the staff at Hardin Design & Development wanted to take a moment to review all that we’ve accomplished. For starters, we experienced another year of growth, 16% to be exact, and are excited to have impressive new programmers in the office as …
We hit our one-year-in-business mark in October, and we’ve come a long ways in terms of providing news on the startup scene in Madison. Part of what makes us tick is keeping in tune with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Madison. This year, we built relationships with groups such as Capital Entrepreneurs, the Center for Technology …
32auctions is a bootstrapped startup based in the great city of Madison. We provide an effective cloud based service for anyone wanting to host a silent auction fundraiser. To date, 32auctions has benefited nearly 12,000 causes across the globe, including in the US, Canada, UK, Europe and Australia. We even broke into the top 100,000 …
gener8tor kicks off its Winter 2014 class in Madison this week. This is the fourth class since gener8tor launched in June 2012. Since that time, 18 companies have graduated from the program and gone on to raise more than $10 million in funding and create nearly 100 jobs. The Winter 2014 gener8tor class had 380 …
Nextt is a Madison startup that helps people get out from behind their screens and do more together offline. In contrast to other social networks that focus on sharing the past with a large group of digital followers, Nextt helps users organize their future with their smaller group of friends, making it easy to create, …
At Noble Applications, we exceeded our expectations for our first full year in business. We are officially bootstrapped, and have been able to turn our focus to responsibly managing rapid growth. Besides exceeding our sales and financial goals for 2013, as a bootstrap startup, we are very proud that we were able to add 5 …
2014 To bring us into 2014, we’ll be looking back at 2013. A lot of great things happened within the Capital Entrepreneurs community and the Madison Startup Scene and we’d like to share them. We’ll be kicking off with a series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies summarizing their year in review, and we’ll cap …
The ice fishing angler’s new best friend BlueTipz was recently featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. BlueTipz is a wireless transmitter that sends an alert to your smartphone when you have a fish on your ice fishing tip-up. Invented by Bob Baddeley and Brad Zdroik, BlueTipz brings high tech to an industry that has changed …
Abby Larner is a UI/UX Designer, Front-end developer, and Graphic designer. She is a co-founder of 900dpi and was the organizer of Design Like Mad. She shares the full recap of the Design Like Mad event that took place earlier this month with us now. I live in Madison, Wisconsin, where the tech scene is …
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Murfie was named as one of the “upworthiest” technologies of the year by the writers of Yahoo Tech. Murfie is the planet’s largest online CD marketplace where people can send in their CDs which are then converted to a digital format that plays on any device: Mac, PC, phone, tablet, even the Sonos. Check out …
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The 11th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2014 competition now through Jan. 31, 2014. The contest is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the seed, startup and early growth stages of high-tech businesses in Wisconsin. The contest links up-and-coming entrepreneurs with a statewide network of community resources, expert advice …
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In an effort to increase connections between Wisconsin’s startups and established corporations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and gener8tor in partnership with Capital Entrepreneurs, Startup Milwaukee, and Digital Fertilizer launched OnRamp Wisconsin – an event that gives young companies the opportunity to pitch their products and services to established corporations. The inaugural OnRamp event was held …
Sector67 hosted the 4th annual Build Madison on November 23-24th, 2013. This event is an excuse to spend 24 hours straight working on a project of any type, and we saw a ton of interesting ideas this year. Things kick off with quick (
The 2013 Build Madison will be held Saturday, November 23 at Sector67. This will be the 4th iteration of the Build Madison “Community Create-a-thon” event since it started in 2011. Come together to show off and build the talent of Madison’s community while taking real products from concept to completion in just 24 hours. Meet …
Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – TriNet HR Corporation. Sponsors provide financial support to fund core Capital Entrepreneurs operations, meetings, and events. If you would like to get involved as a sponsor, contact us. Since 1988, professional services companies throughout the United States have placed their trust in TriNet for …
The fourth annual Isthmus Indie Awards honor Madison movers and shakers, awarding creativity, innovation, sustainability and bold leadership. Winners were announced in eight different categories, with Michael Fenchel of 100state taking the honor for the “Dane and Beyond” category. 100state helps Madison entrepreneurs put ideas into action. They also host “problem-solving soirees” in which groups …
Madison (and the broader Dane County) has the 9th fastest growing tech/information job sector in the country. The report published by the Progressive Policy Institute evaluated jobs in information technology and related sectors during the previous 5 years ending in 2012. Dane County saw a nearly 25% job growth rate in the high tech sector …
Madison’s burgeoning tech and startup scene is prominently featured on this month’s cover story of Madison Magazine. The M List recognizes fifty-three entrepreneurs and technologists who’ve launched or grown their businesses this year in an emerging and exciting high-technology sector. The inaugural M List recognizes many of the people in the startup ecosystem, nearly all …
Design Like Mad is Madison’s first design marathon to benefit local non-profit organizations. Teams of student and professional designers are formed to solve some of the most interesting design problems facing a select few local non-profit organizations. As for an interior designer volunteering for a local non-profit organization, decor pieces, particularly wool vintage rugs, can …
On Friday, October 25 join developers from Hardin Design & Development and Bendyworks in a civic hackathon to work on projects that make Madison a better place to live. Developers, graphic artists, and tinker’ers are free to team up with anyone present, or work on projects before the event. The Mayor is also willing to …
