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Calling all Social Entrepreneurs!
Do you believe in business as a force for good? There's so much interest in social entrepreneurship but do you know that means and how social entrepreneurs can distinguish their social mission using new certification and legal structures? Do you know the difference...
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Now Hiring: StartingBlock Community Manager
Join us! We are looking for an awesome leader to be StartingBlock's Community Manager StartingBlock’s mission is to create meaningful intersections. We focus on building and supporting Madison’s entrepreneurs, innovators, and the doers. We want someone who gets and...
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An Intern’s View of StartingBlock Madison
Eduardo Castillo interned at StartingBlock in Summer of 2019 as part of the CEOs of Tomorrow program. Recently, Eduardo came back and spent a few days of his spring break volunteering at StartingBlock. He sat down with Executive Director, Chandra Miller Fienen, to...
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StartingBlock: 2018 A Year In Review
Happy 2019! Now that the holidays are over and we have rung in 2019, the StartingBlock Team thought it would be a good time to take a look back at 2018 accomplishments and what is on the horizon for 2019. 2018 Highlights We opened! After five years of work,...
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StartingBlock selects eight social impact entrepreneurs & teams for its Social Impact Initiative
StartingBlock, in partnership with the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and Greenbush Strategy Partners, has selected eight social impact entrepreneur teams for StartingBlock’s Social Impact Initiative. The selected teams each have...
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Social Impact Initiative Competition Announced
Change-Driven Entrepreneurs, Win Free Space at StartingBlock! StartingBlock, in partnership with the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and Associated Bank, seeks the best and brightest social impact entrepreneurs to join us as...
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StartingBlock showcases Shaun Ritchie, CEO of TEEM, on what makes the Salt Lake City innovation ecosystem tick?
Ever wonder how mid-sized cities break through to become entrepreneurial startup phenoms? Recently, StartingBlock hosted a lunch and learn with Salt Lake City entrepreneur, Shaun Ritchie, co-founder and CEO of Teem Technologies. Prior to co-founding teem, Ritchie ran...
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We Did It! We are officially open!
We did it! We are officially open! And what a great soft opening we had last night with over 400 supporters and community members braving the tornado warning and pouring rain to join us. It was a fantastic night for the four founding partner organizations --...
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StartingBlock Showcase: Cubicall
StartingBlock Showcases . . . Cubicall One of the key opportunities that StartingBlock has is showing off technology and innovative ideas of Madison-area entrepreneurs and innovators. Trust us, we are already working on showcase posts about the StartingBlock...
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