Posts Tagged ‘Capital Entrepreneurs’

Capital Entrepreneurs Featured in Techcrunch

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Steve Faulkner of GeoHuddle was invited to write a guest post about startup culture in Madison.  He wrote an article called Wisconsin: Beer, Cheese and…Startups, which included Capital Entrepreneurs, GeoHuddle, Networked Insights, Entrustet, Virent, PerBlue and Alice.  It’s great to see Madison being recognized as one of the new, up and coming hotbeds of entrepreneurship and technology startups.  From the article:

Most people associate Wisconsin with cheese and beer, but you should think about adding startups to that list. Led by a tidal wave of mostly young entrepreneurs, Madison, Wisconsin is staking a claim as the startup capital of the Midwest. Madison was recently ranked as the 7th most innovative city in the country by Forbes magazine – just above perennial powerhouse Boston, MA.

Several key organizations are driving the growing startup community. Capital Entrepreneurs is a group of over 56 companies that meet on a regular basis to help founders network and develop connections. MERLIN Mentors provides free mentoring services to new startups. Applicants are assigned a team of experienced entrepreneurs who help founders navigate many of the challenges facing a new company. These groups, along with the University of Wisconsin, are fostering a great culture for new startups.

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Entrustet Featured on Lifehacker & Fox Business Live

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Capital Entrepreneurs member Entrustet was featured on Lifehacker earlier this week, follow up by an interview with founders Jesse Davis and Nathan Lustig on Fox Business Live.

From the Lifehacker article titled Entrustet Secures your Accounts After Death with Legal Backing:

Entrustet offers a free account that lets you set up unlimited password-protected accounts to be transferred over to a trust person upon your passing. How does it know when you’re gone? You assign a trusted person to be your Digital Executor, who will notify Entrustet and then provide a death certificate scan to activate the password conveyance upon your death. You can also assign your estate attorney to execute your Entrustet transfer upon your death, and the site offers up a few attorneys officially on board with Entrustet—though we imagine any savvy attorney can be conscripted for the duty. Additional security and ease-of-use features (for the executor and recipients, at least) are included with paid plans.

You can check out the Fox Business Live interview below:

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Venture Investors Sponsors Capital Entrepreneurs

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Madison-based VC firm Venture Investors became the 3rd sponsor for Capital Entrepreneurs.  Venture Investors is a premier provider of seed and early stage venture capital in the Midwest. We have a proven track record of working with world-class healthcare and technology companies throughout the region and has a history of helping Madison-based startups, even if they do not invest in the startup.  Scott Button, one of the partners in Venture Investors made this sponsorship happen.  Thanks to Venture Investors for their sponsorship of Capital Entrepreneurs!

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Networked Insights Lands National Deal, Featured in Techcrunch

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Capital Entrepreneurs member Networked Insights signed a deal with International Data Group out of Boston.  From the article:

For marketers, social networks offer a goldmine of data about topics and brands. But there’s actually too much data to easily parse for most companies to get at the most valuable data. That’s why IDG has built Social Scout, a new service powered byNetworked Insights.

The idea is to be able to filter through some of the noise associated with social media. This in turn helps b2b marketers learn what people are saying about brands rather than just that they’re talking about them. “It’s significant that they’ve [IDG] chosen an analytical listening tool over a monitoring tool,” says Dan Neely, CEO of Networked Insights.

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Capital Entrepreneurs

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Capital Entrepreneurs was founded in 2009 as a resource for the burgoening Entrepreneur community in Madison, Wisconsin. We are dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship in Madison by bringing entrepreneurs together to create new connections and a community around the disparate startups in Madison. We realize that entrepreneurs come in many different shapes and sizes: non-profits, retail, innovative websites and high tech innovations are all forms of entrepreneurship.

We have created a place were entrepreneurs can find resources that will help them succeed. From law firms who are flexible when working with startups to local investment firms, our Entrepreneur Resources page is the place for entrepreneurs to find talented, entrepreneur friendly businesses and services.

We are also interested in finding affordable heath care solutions for growing companies, helping others start new businesses and making connections with others in the community who are interesting in seeing Madison be the best city it can be.

If you are a Madison entrepreneur, join us! We would love to have you.

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