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  • AKTA Design Studio Chicago

    The Psychology Of Design: John Roa Shares A Look Inside AKTA

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    “The cruel truth is that I’m not even a designer today,” said John Roa, founder of AKTA design studio. But if he was never a designer, then what made AKTA one of Chicago’s most sought-after design studios, and Roa one of Chicago’s most influential entrepreneurs? Roa’s journey was riddled with successes, failures and a carefully [...]

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    Chicago startup, MentorMob, accelerates to Kaplan TechStars New York

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      MentorMob, a Chicago-based startup, has moved to New York to begin its tenure with TechStars. Team members are seeking mentorship opportunities and influence in a new city. MentorMob is a crowd sourced learning platform whose community creates “learning playlists” out of the best of the web. “We want to make it easy to connect [...]

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    Newsjacking: Bringing Companies Exposure With Viral Marketing

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    By: Anthony Pompliano Most young companies strive to gain greater exposure. In the past, companies had to spend money to reach the masses or convince a reporter they were worthy of a story. The Internet, with social media specifically, has completely disrupted this model. The barrier to exposure has drastically decreased, and the power has [...]

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    Pushup Social: The New Web Tool Looking To Revolutionize Social

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    When you’re working on a website, particularly one that doesn’t see a lot of repeat visitors, how do you keep them there?  Is there a way to engage people and increase activity on the site?  Of course, any good marketer will have a few ideas.  And this July, a new product will begin beta testing [...]

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    America’s Best Kept Tech Secret Revealed

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    By Anthony Pompliano In January 2012, I moved back to Raleigh, NC after college and military service. The quaint community I had left was gone and was replaced by a region bursting at the seams and ready to explode. This blessing in disguise helped me uncover one of the best-kept secrets in America. The Triangle [...]

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    Chicago-based startup, Kumbuya, accelerates to Los Angeles with Warner Bros.

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    When a media giant and a social commerce startup get together, what you get is innovation. Two companies are looking to evolve the media landscape to make it far more interactive. Warner Bros. “Media Camp” is a 12-week accelerator program that pairs media executives with startups. Chicago-based startup Kumbuya, based in Chicago incubator 1871, has [...]

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    CMA Music Festival Sponsors Offer Fun Activities In Fan Alley

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    The 2013 CMA Music Festival wrapped up its 42nd year on Sunday, June 9 here in Nashville, Tennessee. Each year, thousands of country music fans descend upon Nashville for the four-day fan fair to see live shows on multiple stages by emerging artists and superstars like Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton. As a marketer, the [...]

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    SMCSTL Shared Valuable Business Insight At Its Social Media Workshop

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    How many times have you heard that social media for business is all about being transparent, empowering individuals, being adaptable, and so on?  While these are all nice traits to have in business, it doesn’t begin to tell you how to accomplish those traits.  This is just one idea that was discussed last Friday when [...]

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    Game Developers: Intellectual Property Is All You’ve Got, So Make Sure You Get It

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    A video game is not a conventional product.  If you are a video game developer, you aren’t selling manufactured goods.  Increasingly, you aren’t even selling physical media.  What we “own” in our products is almost entirely intellectual property, and what we “sell” are licenses to use it.  However, there is a peculiar conundrum in the [...]

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  • personify

    Personify Launching Mac Version; Makes The Online Meeting Experience More Engaging

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    We’ve all been on those conference calls, where a sales person tries to pitch us on the next great product that we just have to have to run our business. They typically involve a webinar of some type, where the individual is either sharing their screen or walking you through a PowerPoint presentation.  Be honest: [...]

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    LockerDome Hires SVP, Expands To NYC

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    LockerDome is quickly becoming the social media platform for sports, allowing sports enthusiasts around the globe to become part of interest-specific communities and interact with other fans around their favorite sports and teams. It is one of the fastest growing online sports properties in the world and a St. Louis success story with more than [...]

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    SEO Unplugged: Entrepreneurs Seek Advice From Experts

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    Search-engine optimization (SEO) experts shared tips and technicalities Tuesday evening with a diverse crowd of entrepreneurs at Entrepreneurs Unpluggd at the Chopin Theater in Chicago. Though there was a vast range of tips, there were a few points that resonated amongst the three speakers. (1) Google matters (2) Content matters (3) Socialization matters “Free traffic [...]

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    Monitoring Legislation Goes Mobile: TrakBill Launches New iOS App

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    TrakBill, a St. Louis startup that is building an online legislative monitoring platform, unveiled its brand new iOS app yesterday.  This launch comes on the heels of winning an Arch Grant just last week and presenting at Capital Innovators Demo Day the week before that. To say that it’s been a whirlwind of activity for [...]

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    Using Twitter To Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

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    Today, the world grieves with those impacted by the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma. The damage is immense, and the loss of life is severe. As the country begins to reach out to help those touched by this disaster, whether through early response teams, food donations, or monetary support, there are a number of ways you [...]

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    Kaleio: A Different Kind of Professional Network

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    Linkedin is by far the most popular professional networking site in the world. It’s aimed at professionals who are in the office oriented career track. For those that are on these career tracks (lawyers, business executives, etc), Linkedin is an extremely effective way to connect. But what about the hardworking professionals who don’t quite fit [...]

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  • Entrepeneurs showcase their products at Inspire Business Center.

    Start-ups secure solid 1-minute pitches at Inspire Showcase

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      An intimate crowd of approximately 50 people gathered Wednesday evening at the Inspire Business Center in Chicago’s West Loop for Inspire’s monthly start-up showcase. Amongst the crowd there were some returners and some new faces. Marina Dedes, vice president of venture capital firm Lightbank, was the keynote speaker and shared tips to entrepreneurs about [...]

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    Arch Grants Announces Its Global Startup Competition Winners

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    With St. Louis being touted earlier this year as the fastest growing city for tech jobs, you might have been surprised… Well, only if you live outside of St. Louis.  After all, St. Louis isn’t exactly New York or the Bay area.  However, there is a strong commitment within the startup community that is putting [...]

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    Momentum For Social Media Giving Day Builds

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    Social media gives everyone an opportunity to be heard.  From Facebook to Twitter to Pinterest, there are a variety of social tools available.  However, Twitter is one such network that pays tribute to our already short attention spans and is fast becoming a commonly used tool in all aspects of our society.  In 140 characters [...]

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    Don’t Believe The Skype? Vonage Mobile App Takes On Microsoft

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    With the addition of video calling to the Vonage Mobile App, there’s a new player in the game, and they’re not shy about calling out their competition.  “Don’t believe the Skype” is their tagline on their site, and they include a video with a comparison between the two apps (See it below).  But, do they [...]

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    SPICE Series Gets Personal

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    On April 30, Paul Wessel, CEO of Innovation Consulting Partners LLC concluded the SPICE (Speakers Pioneering Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship) speaker series of the academic year, hosted by Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology of Saint Louis University. SPICE, sponsored by KEEN and the Coleman Foundation, was a free ongoing speaker series to enhance [...]

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    Move Over 140 Character Limits; 6-Second Videos Are The New Rage

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    Since its launch in January, Vine, Twitter’s latest app, has taken marketers by storm.  And it’s not just marketers using it, either.  Users have embraced this latest sensation, too, including the very famous St. Louis native Jack Dorsey, who likes to take Vines of flight takeoffs and landings. (He’s @Jack on Twitter to see his [...]

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  • Kevin Willer, CEO of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, celebrates with start-up leaders on the first anniversary of 1871.

    1871 anniversary spotlights Chicago startup growth

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      Leaders of the Chicago startup community released figures Friday regarding the city’s start-up growth coinciding with the first anniversary of 1871, one of the city’s start-up incubators. “Over the last year, the tech community has really come together through 1871,” said Lindsay Mosher, executive director of the Illinois Technology Partnership. “This has really been [...]

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  • servabo

    Great Companies Don’t Build Themselves

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    When it comes to a startup, there are many factors that have to be present for it to be successful.  Of course, you have to have a great idea. But that doesn’t build the company alone.  It takes teamwork, funding, a support system, and the drive and passion to see the idea through.  Servabo is [...]

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    Outreach Out Of Hand #entrepreneurfail – COMIC

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    Beware of the gigantic social media time vortex.   15 tweets, 6 updates and 8 status messages later, you realize your whole day has disappeared!  The lure of social media is hard to resist. Instant gratification and constant validation make the channel irresistible.  It’s also so easy! So you can understand why many entrepreneurs, even without [...]

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    Ribbon Makes Sure You Never Miss A Friend Again

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    I’m currently sitting in the lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago…alone. I planned this trip a week ago and reached out to a few people, but aside from my business meetings, I have no concrete plans.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this problem, which is why newly released app, Ribbon, is looking [...]

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