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Record attendance for gener8tor’s Premiere Night
gener8tor, the nationally-ranked Madison/Milwaukee accelerator, proudly showed off its most recent crop of graduates at its May 11th Madison Premiere Night at the Edgewater Hotel. The four graduating companies -- Allergy Amulet, Behold.ai, DATTUS, and Curate --...
StartingBlock selling ‘virtual blocks’ to fund new startup hub
LAUREL WHITE - Donors can buy themselves a piece of the entrepreneurial hub StartingBlock — virtually, at least. StartingBlock, slated to open next year on Madison’s near east side, launched a crowdfunding campaign Wednesday to meet a $1.5 million fundraising goal....
Wisconsin Roundup: NorthStar, StartingBlock Madison, 5Nines & More
Here are some of the past week’s major headlines from Wisconsin’s tech and innovation community: —Madison-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has partnered with Westinghouse Electric to explore producing medical radioisotopes in commercial nuclear reactors,...
New Madison Entrepreneurial Center Moves Past Starting Line
Madison continues to pave its way as a hub for startups and innovation, as plans take shape to create the StartingBlock Entrepreneurial Center, $69 million project, downtown. StartingBlock Madison, a nonprofit including some of the best and brightest entrepreneurs,...
Madison equipped to become a startup city
In case you haven’t noticed, a startup scene is surging all across Madison. Ideas are taking shape at coffee shops and on campuses, in coworking spaces and accelerators. Emerging new companies and academic spinoffs are launching products and services. They’re...
StartingBlock Madison Project Moves Ahead, Releases New Renderings
The proposed $69 million revitalization project east of downtown Madison, WI, which will include the StartingBlock Madison entrepreneurial center, passed another hurdle this week. A city committee voted to allow city staff to negotiate the sale of the property where...
Madison moves toward deal with Gebhardt Development on East Washington Avenue project
The city and Gebhardt Development took a key step Tuesday toward another major redevelopment on booming East Washington Avenue. After seeing new details, a special city committee on a voice vote authorized staff to negotiate the sale of property to Gebhardt...
Resnick takes over Madison’s StartingBlock entrepreneurial hub
If Scott Resnick had his druthers, he'd be mayor of Madison now. But the 28-year-old techie and former city council member was drubbed in April by longtime Mayor Paul Soglin. "The outcome was not necessarily one that I'd hoped for," mused Resnick, who took a short...
Guest Column: Support Exact Sciences’ move Downtown
Troy Vosseller, Forrest Woolworth, and Matt Younkle “are helping to build StartingBlock Madison in the Capitol East District where entrepreneurs, investors and community members can work together to bring new ideas to life. Exact Sciences has always been a partner in this work. By planting its roots firmly in the heart of Madison, Exact Sciences reinforces its commitment to this city and demonstrates Madison’s strength in growing successful tech companies.”
StartingBlock Madison receives $50,000 from Evjue Foundation
Cap Times’ Evjue Foundation awards $1.45 million to UW, area nonprofits
The Capital Times’ charitable arm, The Evjue Foundation, announced Wednesday that its directors have approved more than $1.4 million in grants to 86 area nonprofits plus funding for 27 programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including $50,000 to StartingBlock...
Start-ups, established companies urged to work together
American Family is a sponsor of gener8tor and started a venture capital arm, called American Family Ventures. It also partnered with Microsoft Corp. to launch an accelerator for start-ups focused on home automation, and made what organizers called a "major investment"...
American Family’s Gunder to deliver keynote at March 23 Wisconsin Tech Summit
American Family Insurance is a leader among major state companies in terms of its role in Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial scene. Long an investor in state venture funds, its efforts have grown to include its corporate venture fund and its investment in projects such as...
AmFam CEO Highlights gener8tor Premiere
American Family has taken interest in Madison’s booming entrepreneurial community under Salzwedel’s leadership. For example, the company launched American Family Ventures and announced it will be a significant supporter of StartingBlock Madison.
The Social Fabric of Madison’s I&E Scene
Q&A with Forrest Woolworth, Co-founder & Director of Capital Entrepreneurs
StartingBlock Madison: What’s Next in Madison’s New Economy
StartingBlock's George Austin and Scott Resnick introduce the exciting project to DMI membership.
Madison Noteworthy profiles StartingBlock Madison
Madison Noteworthy's youtube video profiling StartingBlock Madison.
Next in Madison: StartingBlock Madison
George Austin, Madison’s former Planning and Development director and President of AVA Civic Enterprises Inc., provides the introduction about what StartingBlock Madison is planning to do to encourage, develop and grow entrepreneurs by bringing them into an...
Starting Block aims to build more robust entrepreneurial community
Madison Noteworthy's Christi Andringa interviews Troy Vosseller of Starting Block Madison, a proposed "entrepreneurial hub and ecosystem" designed to help local businesspeople succeed.
StartingBlock to draw, keep talent in Dane County
Madison's growing community of entrepreneurs will soon have a new place to potentially call home, StartingBlock. The project has garnered big investors, including American Family Insurance, and the city has put aside $1.5 million for the effort in its Capital Budget.
StartingBlock Madison will bolster startups
“StartingBlock Madison will help (local) companies take their ideas to the next level,” Austin said. “They will have commercial applications and the resources to take advantage of that and ultimately create businesses and jobs for our economy. It will be an affordable...
Start-up incubator StartingBlock Madison moving closer
The concept certainly is attractive: an entrepreneurial hub where people can share offices, ideas and talent to boost their start-up business to the next level. And judging by the full house listening to a pitch for StartingBlock Madison on Jan. 27, there is no...
Capital Entrepreneurs reports best year ever for Madison startups
"Okay, we're not Silicon Valley – yet. But the Madison technology startup scene enjoyed its best year of growth ever in 2014. Capital Entrepreneurs, a local networking and mentoring group, is reporting its 350 members created 175 new full-time jobs last year and now...
StartingBlock project signs on American Family for support
"We have a champion that believes that the objectives embodied by this entrepreneurial hub ... are worthy of investment," Austin said. "We're able now to move to the next stage with a good sense that this project will be able to become a reality."