Monthly Archives: December 2011

PerBlue CEO Featured on Tech Cocktail

Posted on December 16, 2011

PerBlue co-founder and CEO (and CE co-founder) Justin Beck was featured recently on Tech Cocktail. Tech Cocktail covers startups, entrepreneurs, and apps. The article highlights Justin’s journey from student to business owner, and includes insight on his experience building PerBlue. … Continue reading →

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MixRank Raises $1.5 million

Posted on December 13, 2011

Capital Entrepreneurs and Y Combinator alum Ilya Lichtenstein’s latest venture, MixRank, recently raised $1.5 million from 500 Startups, Mark Cuban, and more. MixRank is a tool for online advertisers to more effectively optimize wordings and approaches of display ads. It … Continue reading →

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A Month Away From Madison

Posted on December 13, 2011

Guest post from Michael Fenchel of 7Cees. Michael and his team recently departed Madison on a 1 year journey around the country in a mobile-bus-studio. I’ve been away from Madison about a month now on a journey across the country … Continue reading →

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Advice For College Entrepreneurs

Posted on December 7, 2011

Justin Beck and Forrest Woolworth of PerBlue were recently featured on Young Go Getter – a blog for young entrepreneurs. Justin and Forrest offered their perspective and advice for college aged entrepreneurs, including: why it’s sometimes scary to be an … Continue reading →

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CE Members to be Featured at Accelerate Madison

Posted on December 5, 2011

On Thursday, December 8th, Accelerate Madison is hosting a panel discussion featuring Capital Entrepreneur members, Brad Grzesiak of Bendyworks and Scott Resnick of Hardin Design & Development. Brad and Scott, along with Bob Vanden Burgt of Yahara Software will be … Continue reading →

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Re-imagining Health – With a Startup Twist

Posted on December 1, 2011

We’re looking for Wisconsinites who think differently – creatives and entrepreneurs – to engage in a fun brainstorm at Merchant on Monday, December 5 from 6-9pm. We need help envisioning a new health start-up rooted in social innovation and public-private … Continue reading →

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AquaMost Raises $4 Million

Posted on December 1, 2011

Madison based clean tech company AquaMost has recently completed a $4 million Series B round of funding. AquaMost is developing a new type of water purification technology called photoelectrocatalytic oxidation (PECO), which was invented at UW-Madison. The round consisted of … Continue reading →

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