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Happy Two Year Anniversary Capital Entrepreneurs

Posted on May 26, 2011

Reposted from CE co-founder Nathan Lustig’s blog. It’s been two years since I started Capital Entrepreneurs, an organization to help Madison entrepreneurs connect. I’ve been blown away by how fast CE has grown and how quickly time has gone by. … Continue reading →

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Spinback Acquired by Buddy Media

Posted on May 12, 2011

Spinback, founded by Capital Entrepreneurs alumni Corey Capasso and Andrew Ferenci, along with fellow Badger Dan Reich, was acquired today by Buddy Media for an undisclosed amount of money.  Capasso and Ferenci were two of the original founders of Capital … Continue reading →

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Murfie.com and CE in Madison Magazine

Posted on March 29, 2011

CE member Murfie.com was featured in an article in the March edition of Madison Magazine. The article does a great job pointing out the positive impacts of innovation and entrepreneurship on the local economy and how policymakers, investors, and the … Continue reading →

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2010 Recap: The Madison Startup Scene

Posted on December 29, 2010

The Madison startup community had a very vibrant year in 2010. Capital Entrepreneurs grew much over the course of the year and emerged as a center point for the expanding and active startup community which as taken root in Madison. Many have begun to take note of Madison’s emerging role as the startup capital of the Midwest. Continue reading →

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Capital Entrepreneurs Featured in Madison Magazine

Posted on December 20, 2010

Capital Entrepreneurs was featured in an article in Madison Magazine on expanding the number of urban high-tech business downtown and in the Capitol East District. CE members Nate Lustig of Entrustet and Heidi Allstop of Student SPILL were also featured in the article. Continue reading →

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Follow Up: Sector 67 Grand Opening

Posted on October 20, 2010
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Last Friday was the grand opening of the Sector 67 hacker space in Madison.  There were many members of Capital Entrepreneurs in attendance.  Personally, I thought the event was fantastic. Great to see so many people out supporting this awesome … Continue reading →

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Nevermind the Valley: Here’s Madison feature on Read Write Web

Posted on September 10, 2010

Audrey Watters of Read Write Web is doing a series about entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley and Madison was the most recent featured city.  The article called Nevermind the Valley: Here’s Madison talks about Capital Entrepreneurs, Merlin Mentors, The University of … Continue reading →

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Capital Entrepreneurs Featured in Techcrunch

Posted on July 28, 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 … Continue reading →

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Entrustet Featured on Lifehacker & Fox Business Live

Posted on April 29, 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 … Continue reading →

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Venture Investors Sponsors Capital Entrepreneurs

Posted on April 18, 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 … Continue reading →

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