Category Archives: Capital Entrepreneurs

PerBlue CEO Featured on Tech Cocktail

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

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

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

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

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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What “Churn” Does For a Community

Guest post by Justin Beck. Justin is the co-founder and CEO of PerBlue, a Madison based mobile and social gaming company. What does Silicon Valley have a lot of? Churn. Entrepreneurs found a company then move on to work at … Continue reading

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The Madison Fund Makes First Microloan

CE member The Madison Fund made its first microloan this Fall. The Madison Fund is a nonprofit which gives microloans to budding entrepreneurs in Madison, and their efforts were recently showcased in the Wisconsin State Journal. They aim to give … Continue reading

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Murfie.com Co-Founder Featured in WI State Journal

Murfie.com co-founder and CE member Matt Younkle was recently featured in the Executive Q&A section of the Wisconsin State Journal. Murfie is the latest venture from the serial entrepreneur, which turns your physical CDs into digital bits to be traded … Continue reading

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Style Shuffler Wins Early Stage Symposium Elevator Pitch Olympics

CE member company Style Shuffler tied for the top spot at the Elevator Pitch Olympics held at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Style Shuffler gives you personalized clothing suggestions based on your style. The company was initially started as Brainsy … Continue reading

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CE Companies to Pitch at Early Stage Symposium

Multiple CE companies have been selected to pitch at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium being held this week, November 2-3. The annual conference will feature investor pitches where companies give a 7 minute pitch to investors. CE companies selected to … Continue reading

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