Jennifer Beese

Jennifer Beese



Jennifer is a former sorority girl turned geek, writer, and mobile app enthusiast. She has worked as a community manager for two Los Angeles-based tech startups, Border Stylo and Kuapay. Most recently she has been writing for Sprout Social Insights and Today’s iPhone. Jennifer is passionate about social media, startups, and kinesiology – she literally has a skeleton in her closet.

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  • The Profile Of A Seattle Startup [Infographic]

    The Profile Of A Seattle Startup [Infographic]

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    The team at SUM Seattle has put together an infographic with interesting facts and figures from some of Seattle’s top startup companies.

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    Chicago Entrepreneurs Honored at the White House

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    Chicago-based startups GiveForward and ColorJar have been selected as two of the 2011 Empact100, and will be honored for their accomplishments and positive economic influence in today’s ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. The award, presented by the White House’s Startup America, the Kauffman Foundation, and Empact, recognizes the top 100 companies run by [...]

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    Weekend Recap: Stories You May Have Missed

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    We get it. Running a company keeps you pretty busy during the week. While you were in meetings, brainstorming strategy ideas, and demoing products, we’ve been reporting on some of the most innovative startups across the U.S. We’ve recapped this week’s stories so you don’t have to miss out on any of Tech.li’s news. Enjoy [...]

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    Google Announces Partnership With Startup Weekend

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    Google has just announced a partnership with Startup Weekend — a global organization committed to promoting real entrepreneurship in local communities. Startup Weekend holds 54-hour startup events that bring together entrepreneurs from engineering, product, design, marketing, and business backgrounds. They all work together over that three day period and then they launch a product. It’s [...]

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    Only 40% of Coworking Spaces to Report a Profit

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    Last week, Deskmag unveiled the results of its second annual coworking survey. While coworking is growing in popularity, especially among the startup community, the survey still uncovered challenges. Coworking is a style of work which involves a shared working environment. Deskmag, an online coworking magazine, surveyed 1,500 people in 52 countries and discovered a wealth [...]

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    Weekend Recap: Stories You May Have Missed

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    We get it. Running a company keeps you pretty busy during the week. While you were in meetings, brainstorming strategy ideas, and demoing products, we’ve been reporting on some of the most innovative startups across the U.S. We’ve recapped this week’s stories so you don’t have to miss out on any of Tech.li’s news. Enjoy [...]

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    All Eyes on HiveMined

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    A couple of weeks ago, Google announced that it would be removing the social feature from the company’s web-based aggregator, Google Reader. Instead of sharing through Reader’s internal network, users now have the option to share to Google+ through the use of a +1 button. The backlash was almost immediate as users flooded social networks [...]

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    Swagtag Aims to Spark Conversation Through Daily Twitter Contests

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    In an effort to help business owners jump-start their social media and advertising efforts, co-founders Mike Vosters and Gabe Stein launched Swagtag — a website where visitors could participate in daily Twitter contests. Swagtag posts sponsored hashtags on its site every day and rewards users that tweet it with swag from the day’s sponsors. The point [...]

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    Understanding Startup Funding [Infographic]

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    Solid ideas, a devoted team, and a healthy market are all components for startup success; however, in most cases, none of that really matters without money. Whether you’re bootstrapping it yourself or seeking angel investments, some capital is required to get your product or service out the door. While there are a lot of publications [...]

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    SweetHack Comes to the Windy City

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    With Chicago Ideas Week underway the weekend is full of talks, labs, and programs designed to spread innovation throughout the city. Just in case you can’t get enough, SweetHack is one more event we think you should check out. Entrprnr has partnered with #MsTech to bring SweetHack — a hackathon aiming to create new and [...]

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    Chicago Startup Dabble Challenges Mayor Emanuel to Teach a Class

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    Chicago startup Dabble has launched a not-for-profit initiative called “Learn From” in an effort to convince Mayor Emanuel to teach a one-time class for the Chicago community. “Learn From is not just an effort to get Emanuel to teach,” explains Erin Hopmann, co-founder of Dabble. “He marks our launch of what we hope will be [...]

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    Apple Unveils the iPhone 4S Instead of 5

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    According to Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook, the iPhone is currently the world’s most popular smartphone with 90% of Fortune 500 companies testing or deploying the phone. After what seemed like a year full of rumors and speculation, Apple has finally introduced a new phone to its lineup: the iPhone 4S. Some iEnthusiasts might be [...]

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    Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Creating and Growing an Awesome Company Culture

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    Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, which aims to bring budding entrepreneurs and seasoned veterans together, is hosting another event on October 12th at the Chopin Theatre in Chicago. The event series, created by Stella Fayman and Tim Jahn, seeks to create an intimate and engaging environment for entrepreneurs to learn lessons from real experiences. What sets it apart [...]

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    Chicago to Build a Technology Center for Startups

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    News broke today that four of Chicago’s technology leaders — including J.B. Pritzker — are launching a Chicago technology center for startups. While more than 100 people have been involved by giving advice on the project, Built in Chicago founder Matt Moog, Troy Henikoff of Excelerate Labs, and Kevin Willer of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center [...]

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    How Google Is Changing the Way We Think

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    Let’s be honest. We all get a little trigger happy when it comes to Google. I bet we can count on all of the hands in China how many times we’ve interrupted a conversation with “I’ll Google it/let’s Google it/just Google it.” While the instant satisfaction felt after proving that you were right about whatever the [...]

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    Uber Brings Its On-Demand Car Service to Chicago

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    You might have seen Uber’s fleet of town cars roaming the streets of Chicago over the past month. The on-demand car service has been quietly testing in the city, and has officially launched in Chicago as of today. Uber allows everyone to have a private driver through iPhone, SMS, and Android requests. The San Francisco-based [...]

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    Chicago-Based Ridesharing App Expands Into San Francisco

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    The team behind the ride-sharing app Taxi Share Chicago has announced the soft launch of its new app Taxi Share San Francisco. The Android App launched in Chicago and recently partnered with Finch’s Beer Co. — a local Chicago brewery — as part of a bigger plan to promote drinking responsibly. Dan Fedor and co-creator [...]

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    TaskRabbit Hops into the Windy City

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    Today TaskRabbit — the service platform that connects neighbors to get things done — is launching in Chicago. The collaborative service makes it easy to post anything you need done and have someone in your neighborhood complete it for you. Similar to Zaarly, TaskRabbit lets you post a chore that needs to be completed and [...]

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    Flickr Introduces Geofences

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    Yesterday Flickr announced a new feature called Geofences that will help you to better manage your geo privacy settings for your photos. Geotagging the location of your photographs can add context to images, but it can also expose your location to anyone viewing your photos. A geofence is a special location that allows you to [...]

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    Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple

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    On an otherwise peaceful Wednesday afternoon, Twitter is all a-flutter as news of Steve Jobs’ resignation hits the web. Apple’s CEO has stepped down and COO Tim Cook will resume the role of CEO. Steve published the following letter: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet [...]

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    Pixable Adds Twitter to Supported Services

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    Today Pixable announced the integration of Twitter into its service. The New York-based startup is known for helping you find the best photos and videos shared by your social network. Pixable gathers and streams photos and videos shared by the friends you follow on Facebook and now Twitter. The app organizes photos and videos into a [...]

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    Could Anonymous Actually Get Users To Quit Facebook?

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    Over the past eight months, companies like Sony, along with the web server/sites of the U.S. Senate, CIA, and FBI, have all experienced major security breaches as a result of hackers. The motives behind these attacks vary, but many are said to be political or in an effort to expose a security flaw. Regardless of [...]

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    [Updated] Chicago Welcomes The Twenty Something Blogger Summit

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    Update: A Squared Group and 20-Something Bloggers are offering Tech.li readers a 50% discount on the 20SB Community member rate, using the code techli (it is designed for 20-somethings, but you don’t *technically* have to be a 20-something to use this rate). Register. If you’re a digital savvy twenty-something, chances are that you’ve heard of, [...]

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    Taxi Share Chicago Brings Ridesharing To The Windy City

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    A few months ago we introduced Tech.li readers to Taxi Share Chicago, an Android app making its debut in the Windy City. Nearly 1,000 downloads later, we’re happy to share an update. We’ve all been there. Running from corner to corner hoping to catch a cab downtown. Sometimes you’d luck out and hail one with [...]

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    Last Chance For SocialDevCamp Early Bird Registration

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    Earlier this month, the awesome folks at SocialDevCamp extended their early bird registration deadline to midnight on July 31st. Believe it or not, we’re nearing the end of July and with that, the end of the $50 registration fee. Starting August 1st, registration will increase to $75. Be sure to take advantage of the discount [...]

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