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A Night with reddit’s co-founder Alexis Ohanian

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian will be featured at an upcoming Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series event on Thursday, February 20th, starting at 7:30 pm. Alexis is currently on a tour for his latest book, Without Their Permission, which aims to promote Internet startups and entrepreneurial environment among students and the community. The event will also feature UW-Madison …

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Madison Sewing Studio Opens

The Madison Sewing Studio held it’s grand opening, as well as an all day ‘Swatch-a-thon’ last weekend to great success. The events kicked off Friday night with an open house, featuring sewing demonstrations, music, and more. Saturday’s event, the Swatch-a-thon, was a sewing/creating marathon where participants used swatches donated by area stores to create a design over …

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Design Like Mad Recap: A 12-hour design marathon to benefit local non-profits

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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“Start Me Up” Joins Digital Healthcare Conference June 10-12

The inaugural “Start Me Up” Emerging Healthcare IT MeetUp Day joins the 2013 Digital Healthcare Conference this year. The Digital Healthcare Conference (June 11-12) is an exclusive gathering of healthcare leaders to network, learn and innovate. Attendees share insights, compare experiences, and hear engaging presentations from their peers. The list of speakers is available here. …

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Hardin CEO Named To Under30CEO Top Entrepreneurs List

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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WomStreet Hosts Contest for Pretty Lights

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.

Gener8tor Now Accepting Applications

Gener8tor is now accepting applications for their Winter 2013 class based in Madison. Gener8tor is a seed accelerator and invests its capital, expertise and network in capable, first-stage entrepreneurs with innovative business models. Check out the companies from their Summer 2012 class here. Apply for the Winter 2013 class here.

94labs Upcoming Social Cause Hackathon

Milwaukee/Madison based technology incubator 94labs will sponsor a Hackathon to benefit area non-profits as a part of Marquette University’s Entrepreneurship Week. The 94labs Social Cause Hackathon will encourage collaboration between students, entrepreneurs, designers, and developers as they work to create applications for the participating non-profits. The apps created will help the agencies raise awareness, increase …

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