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...

"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...

"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."

StartingBlock is part of a high-profile development in downtown Madison, WI, that would house startup accelerator Gener8tor, maker space Sector67, networking group Capital Entrepreneurs, a co-working space, a 1,500-seat performing arts venue, and commercial and retail...

StartingBlock Madison, a planned 50,000-square-foot entrepreneurial hub, has received a pledge for a "major investment" from American Family Insurance, organizers said. American Family's investment "continues our support of innovation and emerging companies that can...

A vacant 1.75-acre piece of land in downtown Madison, WI—once the site of a car dealership—could become one of the most important hubs for tech entrepreneurship in the state’s capital, if the backers of a proposed project called StartingBlock Madison make their vision...

Gebhardt Development submitted plans to the city of Madison Monday for a 140,000-square-foot mixed use project that would include the 1,500-seat performance space. . . . Gebhardt's project would also include a site for StartingBlock Madison -- a collaborative space...

In the latest major project floated for the East Washington Avenue corridor, Gebhardt Development is proposing new space for the StartingBlock Madison work hub along with a 1,500 seat concert venue. . . . Gebhardt is teaming with Terry Sivesind, president of Starting...

After winning city approvals to redevelop the former Don Miller auto dealership properties on the north side of East Washington Avenue, Gebhardt Development will try its hand at the final piece on the south side of the 800 block. . . . It would provide a large home...

After winning city approvals to `redevelop the former Don Miller auto dealership properties on the north side of East Washington Avenue, Gebhardt Development will try its hand at the final piece on the south side of the 800 block. . . . It would provide a large home...

With StartingBlock Madison, we are poised to retain Wisconsin’s talented young adults, an outcome too critical to ignore. The impact to the city and the state — more startups, more successful companies, better products and a stronger community — could be the...

Collaboration sparks innovation: It’s the concept that will keep Madison moving forward, speakers told attendees of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner Thursday night at Monona Terrace. . . . 100State, a start-up incubator, and the proposed...