by mattnelson | Dec 10, 2020 | Announcements, Homepage, News
StartingBlock Madison announces the appointment of four new members of its Board of Directors. Joining the Board of Directors are: Ed Javier, Becca Cooke, Max Fergus and Heather Wentler. “All four of our new Board members embody the values of our organization and...
by Forrest Woolworth | Jun 23, 2020 | Announcements, Homepage, 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 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 | 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 | 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...
by Chandra Miller Fienen | May 12, 2018 | Announcements, News, Press
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...
by Gabriel Merithew | Apr 10, 2018 | News
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...
by Gabriel Merithew | Mar 20, 2018 | News
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...
by Gabriel Merithew | Feb 26, 2018 | News
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...
by Gabriel Merithew | Feb 16, 2018 | News
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...
