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Have you ever wanted to compete with your readers? Now you can, check out embeddable games from Sharendipity (I currently hold the #3 spot for this game):
I received this email today:
Greetings:
As someone who asked to be notified when you could use the Alice.com service, we wanted you to be the first know that Alice is now open for business.
Start Using Alice Now
We opened up the doors to Alice.com a few hours ago, and we’re really excited to have you stop by [...]
Here is a great read from Penelope Trunk entitled “Starting a Company in Silicon Valley is Stupid”. Penelope, thanks for choosing Madison, we need more people in this state who speak their mind!
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/03/20/starting-a-company-in-silicon-valley-is-stupid/
There were a record number of entries in the Governor’s Business Plan competition this year. Way to go Wisconsin Entrepreneur’s, good luck!
http://wistechnology.com/articles/5461/
The Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest – the nation’s first statewide, tech-based business plan competition – is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted now through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest’s Grand Prize is worth $50,000 in cash and services.
For their initial entries, contestants will submit 250-word [...]
Jellyfish founders Mark Mcguire and Brian Wiegand raised 4.3 million dollars for there next startup alice.com. The funding round was led by DaneVest and Kegonsa. Kegonsa was an investor in Jellyfish which sold to Microsoft last year.
Official Press Release:
Alice.com, the latest start-up from serial entrepreneurs Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire, today announced it has secured [...]
Eso wins the Wisconsin Elvator Pitch Olympics! Congratulations to Eso and all of the other contestants for their participation. I had the pleasure of attending the elevator pitch Olympics last year and I know that it is not for the weak of heart. Standing on stage in front of 100 people with a team of [...]
I tend to be the concerned citizen who votes for laws which take power away from the “man” and give it to the citizens. In the case of the paid sick leave mandate in Milwaukee I had to vote in favor of the “man”. Especially since the main “man” affected is the small business owner. [...]
If you live in Wisconsin and are looking for grant opportunities check out the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network Grant Resource guide:
http://www.wenportal.org/financing_grants/?Id=132
The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Milwaukee (I&E Forum) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8th. It’s A Double Header!!
How I Did It: A real, live success story. Gary Zimmerman founded Creative Business Interiors Inc. in 1991 and has built it into a 70 employee leader in its industry. He will [...]