One of the best things we’ve done with Entrustet this summer is hire 9 interns from the University of Wisconsin. They’ve been a huge help to us and hopefully Jesse and I have taught them a few things too. As the summer winds down, most will be heading back to school, so we wanted to [...]
What My Assets Will Become by The Entrustet Interns
August 4th, 2010 · View Comments · Entrustet
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Capital Entrepreneurs: How To Start A Founders Meet Up Group In Your City
June 3rd, 2010 · View Comments · Entrepreneurship
I’ve been involved in the startup community in Madison for about 6 years now, but had a hard time fitting into the networking scene, especially as a college student who was also running a business. Most of the entrepreneurship and networking events in Madison were either overrun by service providers trying to sell you something, [...]
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SXSW Recap
March 22nd, 2010 · View Comments · Entrepreneurship, Entrustet, Travel
SXSW 2010 was my first SXSW experience. I had heard amazing things from friends who had gone before and from people on my previous trips to Austin, so I had high expectations. It did not disappoint. For those who do not know, SXSW stands for South By Southwest, which is a combination Technology, Film and [...]
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Entrustet Beta and SXSW
March 14th, 2010 · View Comments · Entrustet
You may have noticed that I haven’t had many new posts lately. I’m in Austin, TX at South By Southwest, where we launched Entrustet Beta two days ago. After about 18 months of work, we are incredibly proud of the site. With Account Guardian, we’ve created a free way for you to create a secure [...]
More Practice, Less Theory
February 4th, 2010 · View Comments · Entrepreneurship, Sports
“What do we need to know this for?” I asked as my K5 teacher tried to tell me how to write more clearly. My penmanship was pretty bad and the teacher realized that I was writing my letters backward. Instead of writing some of my letters from bottom to top, I wrote from bottom to [...]
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Thomas Friedman’s Advice to President Obama is Spot On
January 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Entrepreneurship, Entrustet, Political Science & Economics
From time to time, Thomas Friedman writes something that has the power to change lives. So far, Friedman’s The World Is Flat has had the greatest impact on me, as it inspired my business partner, Jesse Davis, to start work on our startup, Entruset. The ideas in his book are still reverberating through our company [...]
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