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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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Eight New Members Join StartingBlock Madison’s Board Of Directors
StartingBlock Madison is proud to announce the appointment of eight new directors to its board as it prepares to open its doors next month. Along with immense leadership experience, the new directors bring national and regional representation to the Madison-area...
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StartingBlock Madison Announces Inaugural Startup Partners for New Entrepreneurial Hub
We are excited to announce twelve startups that will comprise our opening cohort of companies and form the heart of the StartingBlock community. We are proud, humbled and excited to have such an impressive, diverse group of startups at StartingBlock. The First Dozen...
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Talent Maximizer Series #6: H.R. 101
Our final workshop in the Spring series -- H.R. 101 -- brought back Karen Bender , this time joined by Sharon Egan of QTI. H.R. isn’t for everyone, but as the Founder of your startup there, are rules and regulations you should implement and be...
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Talent Maximizer Series #5: Developing A Startup Friendly Compensation Package
This week's workshop--Developing A Startup Friendly Compensation Package--featured Melissa Turczyn from Michael Best & Friedrich. It’s no secret as an early stage startup, you most likely don’t have enough capital to pay market rates for talent when it comes time to...
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Talent Maximizer Series #4: How To Handle The Difficult Employee
This week's workshop focused on How To Handle The Difficult Employee with Karen Bender. As the Founder of your startup it’s inevitable at some point you will have to deal with a difficult employee. These conversations can be hard and awkward but there are ways to...
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Talent Maximizer Series #3: Developing Company Culture & Why It’s So Important
This week's workshop focused on Developing Company Culture & Why It’s So Important with culture superstars: Leah Roe of HealthFinch and Zach Blumenfeld, co-founder of ThirdSpace. Gone are the days of joining a company because they have multiple beer taps and a ping...
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Talent Maximizer Series #2: Deciding Whom To Hire & When
This week's workshop focused on Deciding Whom To Hire & When, with Matt Nelson, a local Entrepreneur and Freelance Marketing Consultant and Lucas Frisbie, StartingBlock Madison's Startup Team Strategist. The gig economy is disrupting the way we hire talent and now you...
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