Author: Brennan Nardi

A vision takes shape: columnist looks to become an entrepreneur like the ones she's written about

Brennan Nardi looks to create a coworking space

The idea of being my own boss has always appealed to me.

A coworking champion looks into becoming a coworking space founder

Nardi has an idea for a dog-friendly space

UpStart trains people like Brennan Nardi, who has an idea for a dog-friendly coworking space, to take risks worth the reward.

DirectHERy connects consumers to women-owned businesses

Business owners can find and support each other

Interested in looking up women-owned businesses? There’s a DirectHERy for that.

Filmmakers choose to base their company, Bravebird, in Madison rather than in Hollywood

Madison offers different opportunities

Alex Miranda Cruz and Noel Miranda told me they would’ve had a more difficult time launching Bravebird in their hometown of Los Angeles.

UpStart supports women and people of color in entrepreneurship

Take a look at the 10-week program through WARF

For the next few months, I’ll be writing this column about my experience as a student in UpStart.

Doyenne founders hope to support women entrepreneurs in seven cities by 2023

The founders are working on expanding

Seven years ago, two women looked around a room full of entrepreneurs and wondered out loud: “Where are the women?”

Aubree and Soha Javaherian make lab-grown diamonds

Couple launched a diamond jewelry company

Soha Diamond Co. specializes in laboratory-grown diamonds, which are 100 percent authenticated, true-blue diamonds.

Maydm helps kids of color earn their place in a tech future

Winnie Karanja connects coding and STEM education

There are so many brilliant and inspiring aspects of Winnie Karanja's entrepreneurial journey that it's hard to know where to start.

Madison's new entrepreneurial epicenter increases the city's profile as a startup hub

StartingBlock is making strides in the city

StartingBlock leadership built the brand and a permanent home that feel as if they've always been there.

Kiva City Madison makes micro investments around the globe

These small loans have a big impact

Kiva.org is a global online crowdsourcing platform that provides zero-interest loans of up to $10,000 to entrepreneurs and startup businesses in some 80 countries.

Madison's Thanksgiving Day good run

Berbee Derby celebrates 15th year

Forget turkey. And football. The best Thanksgiving Day tradition in Madison is the Berbee Derby.

Excerpt: John Roach's 'While I Have Your Attention'

Roach celebrates 25 years of writing

Madison Magazine columnist John Roach celebrates 25 years of writing with a second compilation of his favorite and most provocative columns from 2003 to 2018.

Goods Unite Us aligns consumer's spending habits with their political leanings

Startup takes aim at corporate money in politics

A Madison-based startup taking aim at corporate money in politics, allegiance to — or ignorance about — your favorite products could diminish your power at the polls.

CEOs of Tomorrow gives kids a taste of entrepreneurship

Organization is growing quickly locally

Most of us don’t look back on fifth grade as a defining period in our lives. CEOs of Tomorrow Founding Executive Director Roxie Hentz does.

Forward Fest puts a premium on inclusivity

Fest takes place Aug. 16-23 throughout the city

Madison leaders are doing a lot of good, intentional work on race and gender equity right now, and the entrepreneurial sector is no exception.

Wisconsin Coworking Collective launches this summer

Tiffanie Mark looks to harness collective power

Launching this summer, Wisconsin Coworking Collective aims to increase the industry’s profile and provide the general public with a better understanding of the unique value of co-working spaces.

A key to Madison's co-working spaces

Co-working spaces act as a third space

Our resident tech and startup savante scopes Madison’s landscape to offer a guide to co-working spaces built for cubicle-averse creatives.

Zach Blumenfeld is changing workplace culture through ThirdSpace

The startup tries to keep employees engaged

The startup ThirdSpace, which he co-founded with Scott Jens and Scott Kohl, is a cloud-based software platform designed to reform workplace culture.

Love Wisconsin project aims to connect people online

Jet Waller and Megan Monday launched in 2015

Jet Waller and Megan Monday are a formidable duo of creative entrepreneurs using their human superpowers in technology and storytelling to spur social change in Wisconsin.

Gourmet food company is run by women

molly&you takes off

Wilson’s story gives hope to local entrepreneurs who dream of turning their startups into companies with a national reach.

Entrepreneurial initiative booms on UW–Madison campus

The Weinert Center attracts many students

The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, housed in the Wisconsin School of Business, is one that attracts students across the university’s many departments and disciplines.

Madison's pioneering women

Celebrate Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month, a great opportunity to reflect on the positive contributions of women in our backyard.

CUNA Mutual Group spins off employment insurance tool

SafetyNet provides a needed safety net

Despite the substantial venture capital CUNA laid out for SafetyNet, the company operates like a startup, employing fail-fast strategies in product development and positioning itself as a social innovation that aims to disrupt the insurance industry.

Sector67 founder receives needed support

Community donates after explosion

News of Chris Meyer’s accident—a propane tank explosion inside the soon-to-be new headquarters of Sector67, in which Meyer was injured—spread so far and wide.