by Forrest Woolworth | Jun 23, 2020 | Announcements, News, Press
On behalf of StartingBlock Madison, Inc., it is my pleasure to announce the selection of Nora Roughen-Schmidt as our next Executive Director. Nora emerged from a very talented pool of more than 60 candidates. Nora is a relationship builder, an accomplished...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Apr 1, 2020 | Announcements, News
Executive Director Job Opportunity StartingBlock Madison is an entrepreneurial hub in Madison, Wisconsin with a mission to create the meaningful intersections that cultivate entrepreneurs, grow successful companies, drive innovation and build a startup community that...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Mar 30, 2020 | Announcements, News, Uncategorized
Today, I am excited to announce StartingBlock’s search for its next Executive Director, whom we hope to select by early summer. I am honored to have served as StartingBlock’s second Executive Director, leading StartingBlock through construction and its critical first...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Mar 23, 2020 | Announcements, News, Uncategorized
StartingBlock seeks the services of a graphic designer, firm or similar creative to develop and produce a map for entrepreneurs in the Madison Region to help answer questions like: “What should I be doing? When should I be doing it? What resources are available to...
by Marc Yarmoff | Dec 5, 2019 | Announcements, News
StartingBlock’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Nhi Lê, provides mentorship, business development and strategy, and connections to mentors and investors for StartingBlock Madison members and small-to-medium-sized businesses in the greater Madison region. She serves...
by Marc Yarmoff | Jul 24, 2019 | Announcements, News, Press
Marc Yarmoff and Nathan Eggenberger join as Community Manager and Membership Manager respectively. Over the last two months the StartingBlock Madison team has grown with two recent new hires. We are excited to announce the addition of Nathan Eggenberger as our...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Apr 10, 2019 | Announcements
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...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Jan 9, 2019 | Announcements, Uncategorized
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,...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Jan 9, 2019 | Announcements, News, Showcase
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...
by mattnelson | Oct 11, 2018 | Announcements, News
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...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | Jun 28, 2018 | Announcements
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 —...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | May 19, 2018 | Announcements, News, Press
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...
