Tag Archives: Innovation

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    Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 14-20, 2011

    Written on Nov 14, 2011 9:03 pm, by

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    Today kicks off 2011’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. This week, all over the world, people are coming together to embrace the growing entrepreneurial movement. The celebration of innovation, progress, and creativity was established in 2008 by the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, Carl Schramm. Since its inception Entrepreneurship Week Continue Reading

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    Salvation Army at the Social Cause Hackathon

    Written on Nov 2, 2011 5:07 pm, by

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    Gear up to support your community! Build a web application to benefit The Salvation Army of Dane County! Since its origins in 1865, The Salvation Army has become synonymous with charity and volunteerism. Through youth activities, social services, and spiritual services, the organization works hard to meet the needs of communities all over the world. Continue Reading

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    Get Voting!

    Written on Oct 31, 2011 3:38 pm, by

    Is 100% voter turnout possible? VoteSimple thinks so. As a participating non-profit in the 94labs Social Cause Hackathon, VoteSimple encourages Hackathon participants to build an application that will assist them in achieving their goals. VoteSimple exists to encourage and facilitate voter turnout. The non-partisan organization has undertaken the daunting task of engaging every citizen in Continue Reading

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    Innovation. Cooperation. Job Creation.

    Written on Oct 27, 2011 4:36 pm, by

      What would the world look like without innovation? Without entrepreneurs taking risks to improve the status quo? Today’s innovations may not mean the difference between riding a bus to work or catching a horse drawn carriage, but, they can definitely make the commute more efficient. For that matter, who knows where future innovation will Continue Reading

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    Pride Comes Before a Fail

    Written on Oct 19, 2011 7:58 pm, by

    When a startup-or even a major corporation-loses sight of innovation as the goal, it can be devastating. During the 1970s Atari was on top of the video-game market. Demand was at an all-time high, and Atari executives let hubris take the wheel. Selling became more important than improving the product. The company regularly produced more Continue Reading

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    5 Reasons Why You Should Register for the 94labs Hackathon

    Written on Oct 12, 2011 4:48 pm, by

    As most of you know, 94labs will be holding a Social Cause Hackathon in November, as part of Marquette University’s Entrepreneurship Week. There are countless reasons to register for the Hackathon, but here are just a few: 1. Good Cause. All the apps built during the Hackathon will support one of the participating non-profits. You Continue Reading

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    What’s the problem?

    Written on Oct 10, 2011 1:42 pm, by

    In her article What’s better than a zombie invasion?, Jodi discussed the idea of entrepreneurship as a productive, radical tool for change. Investors are excited about putting money into startups rather than into the corrupt hands of Wall Street. This got me thinking. Why shouldn’t they be? A successful startup leads to the organic growth of Continue Reading

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    Create-a-Thon Success

    Written on Sep 26, 2011 2:39 pm, by

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    The Build Madison event last weekend called on hackers, designers and creatives alike, to spend 24-hours building ideas into reality. The most developed ideas won prizes ranging from computer programs to cash. The overall, undeniable winner was Daily.Do. They received first place from Sony and the actual Build Madison judges. Daily.Do is a goal manager Continue Reading

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    How Entrepreneurship Boosts the Economy

    Written on Sep 16, 2011 7:20 pm, by

    How does entrepreneurship help the economy? Well, entrepreneurship, or more specifically the organic growth of startups, is the most effective means of driving job creation according to the Kauffmann Foundation. In the Kauffmann Foundation Research Series, Tim Kane states “…job creation policies aimed a luring larger, older employers can’t help but fail because they are Continue Reading

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    Build Madison

    Written on Sep 14, 2011 7:38 pm, by

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    Build Madison is a 24-hour event that calls on the creative and tech community in Madison. This create-a-thon, held at Sector67 in Madison, begins Saturday, September 24th at 11am and goes until 12pm Sunday. Build Madison will display the creative potential in the Madison community through cooperation between talent. Participants will be able to connect Continue Reading