Author Archives: Forrest Woolworth

Sector67 Offers ‘Summer Makerships”

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Sector67 is offering a small number of youth ‘Makerships’ this Summer. A ‘Makership’ gives students a 3 month opportunity to use Sector67 to complete a project of their choosing. It includes free membership, $100 for project materials, as well as … Continue reading

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Fetch Rewards Wins UW Innovative Minds Prize

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Fetch Rewards won the $10,000 Innovative Minds Prize on May 10 at UW-Madison. Fetch Rewards is a mobile application designed to reinvent the grocery shopping experience by adding several benefits to the environment. The mobile phone application lets shoppers directly … Continue reading

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2013 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference June 4-5

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The 2013 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference will be held June 4-5 in Middleton this year. Conference highlights include speakers Jason Lucash (Co-founder of OrigAudio; Named Emerging Entrepreneur of 2012 by Entrepreneur Magazine) and Roy Thiele-Sardiña (Managing partner of HighBAR Partners), as … Continue reading

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Featured Sponsor Welcome: Fine Point Consulting

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Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – Fine Point Consulting. 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. Fine … Continue reading

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TEDxMadison Returns June 1

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Ever find yourself on TED.com wondering why there isn’t a local TED event to showcase Madison’s innovators? Well this year, there is! TEDxMadison is a 1-day conference held at MMoCA on June 1 that will feature 11 of Madison’s forward-thinkers … Continue reading

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SnowShoe Joins TechStars

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SnowShoe (makers of the SnowShoe Stamp) was selected for the TechStars summer program in Boulder, CO. SnowShoe is the fifth Madison startup to take part in TechStars, and they are the first to join the program’s Boulder location. The program … Continue reading

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UW Innovative Minds Prize

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UW Student entrepreneurs have another shot to win big this Friday (May 10) at the Innovative Minds Prize, held at 3:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center. A number of student teams will be competing for the … Continue reading

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Ronin Featured in InBusiness

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Educational training game maker Ronin Studios and Consulting was recently featured in InBusiness magazine. Ronin makes mobile and web based games used by businesses and organizations for corporate training and other business objectives. Ronin’s games put a new spin on … Continue reading

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MobCraft Hosts Craft Beer Week Dinner

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Chef Tom Baertschy and MobCraft Brewer Andrew Gierczak are teaming up to put together a four course beer dinner at 8 Seasons Grille in Madison as part of the Third Annual Madison Craft Beer Week. The dinner will feature four … Continue reading

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gener8tor Founders’ Series: Belly

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The VP of Business Development from Belly will be speaking at the Founders’ Series Meetup hosted by gener8tor in Madison on Wednesday, May 8 at 5:30pm. Belly is a universal loyalty program that offers unique and exceptional rewards to local … Continue reading

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2013 Burrill Business Plan Competition

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The 2013 Burrill Business Plan Competition at UW-Madison wrapped up last week. This year’s competition attracted 32 different entries from UW students that competed for $27,500 in prizes. The top teams included: 3in1 Holders – A self adjusting fishing rod … Continue reading

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Lustig Featured in Isthmus

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Capital Entrepreneurs co-founder Nathan Lustig was profiled in the Isthmus recently. His roots, as well as his role in the Madison entrepreneurial community and abroad, where highlighted. He is a serial entrepreneur, and after being selected for the first Startup … Continue reading

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Speed Match-up Event for Entrepreneurs

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If you are dreading another networking event where you find yourself trapped in a corner with a person you have nothing in common with, there is a solution… Applications are now being accepted for MyEntrepreneurNet‘s Entrepreneur Speed Matching Event being … Continue reading

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Epic, Healthcare IT, City Leaders, and the Startup Community

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The Wisconsin State Journal featured a number of articles this weekend on the Madison startup community. The second of a two part article highlighting “Life After Epic” ran on Sunday and focused on the important role the Madison entrepreneurial community … Continue reading

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Asthmapolis Raises $5 Million

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Asthmapolis has just closed a $5 Million Series A round of funding from The Social+Capital Partnership. Asthmapolis makes an FDA approved “smart” asthma inhaler that helps patients and health providers better monitor, visualize, and understand the behavior of asthma by … Continue reading

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