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Four Earn Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards

Four University of Wisconsin innovators and alumni who advanced the Wisconsin Idea through their accomplishments in entrepreneurship earned the Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award at a ceremony held Wednesday night at…

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Startup Champions Network Picks Madison

The Startup Champions Network, a national network of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders, has picked Madison to host its annual Fall Summit Sept. 17-19 at StartingBlock, the organization announced recently. According to…

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StartingBlock Creates Speaker Program

StartingBlock Madison and the Milwaukee Institute announced today that they have created Madwaukee Talks, a program in which both organizations will share the costs and benefits of common speakers. “We…

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StartingBlock Makes Staffing Changes

StartingBlock Madison Executive Director Scott Resnick announced today that he is transitioning to the role of entrepreneur-in-residence. Resnick has served as executive director since June 2015. Leading the project on…

StartingBlock Breaks Ground

It’s one chapter in the book. That’s how StartingBlock Madison Executive Director Scott Resnick described today’s groundbreaking ceremony of the Spark building where StartingBlock will reside. “To imagine a vision…

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StartingBlock Building Gets Final Approval

StartingBlock Madison’s future building, the Spark, received a conditional permit for construction at a recent Madison Plan Commission meeting. The vote was unanimous, and it was the final public approval…

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StartingBlock Madison Hits Fundraising Goal

StartingBlock Madison met its fundraising goal of $3 million and will launch its entrepreneurial hub, organizers announced today. “StartingBlock represents a significant partnership among the public and private sectors, including the City…

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StartingBlock Turns to Crowdfunding

In gearing up to break ground this winter, StartingBlock Madison launched a crowdfunding campaign called BuildingBlocks to help with the final funding gap, organizers announced today. “With the BuildingBlocks campaign,…

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Resnick to Lead StartingBlock

Scott Resnick has been named executive director of StartingBlock Madison, an entrepreneurial hub that supports emerging companies, the organization announced today. Among his first duties will be to help finish…

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StartingBlock is Back, Thanks to AmFam

The proposed StartingBlock Madison project has been resuscitated, thanks to an undisclosed financial commitment from American Family Insurance, organizers announced today at Cento. “Today is an exciting day for the entrepreneurial community in…