We got invited to participate in the new WI Innovation 25. Here's the official notice from WI Entrepreneurs Network:


Congratulations, you have been selected to participate in our premier Innovation 25 Pilot Program! 

You are joined by other technology-based companies (startup and existing) ranging from defense, advanced manufacturing, environmental, energy, and life sciences. The goal of Innovation 25 is to help you win federal funding for your innovative ideas, concepts, or projects using the federal $2.5 billion Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs; a vital source of non-dilutive capital.

 

In September, the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network (WEN) was awarded a grant from the Small business Administration (SBA), Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) Program in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, the University of Wisconsin System, and the University of Wisconsin ‐ Extension, Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, to create and launch the Innovation 25 Pilot Program. WEN is extremely grateful for the financial and in kind support for the Innovation 25 Pilot Program.
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UlluTek applied for WI Innovation 25 to get individualized coaching on how to apply for federal funding. This could be good for UlluTek as we are closer to get seed funding. It would be nice to get funding from the government. This way we don't have to dilute our equity until when we absolutely have to.
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It's official. UlluTek is presenting at 2010 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. There are 42 early-stage companies in two tracks: WAN Track for companies seeking angel investment and beyond and Elevator Pitch Olympics for companies seeking seed funding. UlluTek will be in the WAN track with 19 other companies.
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We are very glad to have Pehr Anderson joining our Board of Advisors. Pehr bio could be found Harqen website. Pehr is one of the key players driving the high tech entrepreneurial scene in WI. You can't go to a startup event in WI without someone mentioning Pehr. He will be very instrumental for UlluTek as we continue our adventure... And did I mention that he's a pretty cool guy?
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MicroTCA proved to be a very challenging technology for us to do an open source. The advancement in processor (Atom servers anyone?) coupling with high cost for MicroTCA-based products could spell a death for a once promising technology. When I was still in the industry, I have pointed out to MicroTCA vendors that a $4K Pentium M blade is out of the question. Several years later, the price has not come down. It's hard for me to see how the technology could survive.

Fortunately in the past few months, we have shifted our focus to something more exciting. More to come in the near future.
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We recently got to do some design work for University of Wisconsin Madison in some serious high power (as in high wattage) control board. Can't say much more than that but we get to showcase our design skills. We are looking to work closer with UW-Madison.
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The thoughts just occurred to me. We need to share with our readers the tools that we use at UlluTek. Check them out in our Technologies page. Some of the tools are free, which is great for a cash-starved organization. Others have given us a nice discount. A shout out to these companies.
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Happy Holidays 12/18/2009
 
Happy holidays from the UlluTek team... Looking back to 2009, we started strong with two projects going for MicroTCA. We thought that we could handle two projects at the same time while working full-time. Well... reality taught us better. We are now focusing on getting the 4=port GE done so that we can share that with the community.
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It's getting cold in this northern part of US that we called Wisconsin. Our team has been enjoying the nice weather that we had and is now ready to get back indoors. The layout of our 4-port GE continues to go smoothly. I am looking forward to finally share our design with others.
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Thanks to my friend at Premium Design Shop - Lisa Schell. We now have an awesome looking logo. Check it out on our home page.The Open Source portion of the logo will remind us that we need to stay true to our core - taking a complex technology and making it available for everyone to use.

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