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GroupCard Aquired

From the GroupCard Blog:
We’re excited to announce that GroupCard has been acquired by InComm.  Helping people come together to give their friends and family a meaningful gift has always been an important part of GroupCard. We created GroupCard with the basic principle that social expression and group gifting would be a major growth driver for [...]

Start Anything Meetup, 1st Meeting this Thursday (May 6th)

The theme for this month is “Using Social Media to Reach Investors” each meetup a facilitator will moderate, topics will be emergent around a theme.
Format: Format: First hour everyone gets 3-5 minutes to pitch their topic in front of the group. Second hour the audience picks the most interesting presentations and we have 1-3 of [...]

2010 Entrepreneurs’ Conference

The 2010 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference will be held June 8-9 at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport Hotel.
Click here to visit the conference webpage and register.
Click here to view conference agenda.
The Entrepreneurs’ Conference is one of the Midwest’s premier networking and hands-on events for entrepreneurs. Business leaders, investors and others made connections as they learned how to crack [...]

Serial entrepreneur Kelly Fitzsimmons on latest ‘WisBusiness.com: The Show’

This episode includes the Wisconsin Stock Report with Liz Schrum, commentary about the new math of job creation from Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still, and serial entrepreneur Kelly Fitzsimmons rates the state’s start-up climate.
Click here to see the show, produced by Tweedee Productions of Madison.

New Startup Listing: Bevpost.com

Bevpost.com, a web and text message based application that seeks to
foster relationships between Beer, Wine, and Spirits brands and you by
giving away free bar and restaruant drink tickets, spontaneous
premiums like t-shirts, hats, and free trips when you buy select
brands at your liquor store a few times over the year, has begun
rolling out in madison.
They are [...]

My first speaking events

I will be speaking at a WTA Meeting this Thursday afternoon http://www.runmyclub.com/WTA/eventcalendar.asp?id=205840 and the BizStarts Milwaukee Student Conference on April 16th http://www.bizstartsmilwaukee.com/StudentConference.htm would love to see you there!
Dan Voell - GoBuzz.com

Fun and Games with Sharendipity

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):

Alice.com is live.

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 [...]

Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Literature

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/

Governor’s Business Plan Competition Sets Record

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/


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