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How To Be Lean In User Experience Design

Reality check:  9/10 of new products fail. “User experience is critical to the product success.…

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Find Doctors “Without Borders” Using HuliHealth

Which is worse? Finding out that you have to undergo surgery or finding out how…

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Network Before You Network With Social Tables

Social Tables, a website launched by DC-based co-founders Dan Berger and Matt Tendler, has come…

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Google+: Growth Strategy for Billion Dollar Startup

Like a bunch of tweens trying to get into a Justin Bieber concert, tech enthusiasts…

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SpotHero: Looking to Solve Our Parking Woes

Going to the Cubs-Sox game this weekend?  Dread looking for parking? No problem. SpotHero can…

‘The State of Social Media Marketing’ with Todd Wasserman

My current job with a digital media production company lands me in some pretty unique…

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Advertiser’s Input: A Business Model Afterthought?

Two weeks ago, I attended the 2011 Cable Show here in Chicago — an annual…

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Cheat Sheet: The Illinois Angel Investment Tax Credit Program

In March 2011, the State of Illinois’ Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity enacted the…

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Nintendo 3DS StreetPass Day: Los Angeles

Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes with the Nintendo 3DS knows that…

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Is Bitcoin An Experiment In Anarchy?

Would You Prefer Cash, Credit, or Bitcoin? If you frequent Hacker News, you'd have noticed…

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WindyCityDB, NoSQL Conference

  “Smart people learn how to write code. Smarter people learn how to write code…

Should Your Facebook Profile Outlive You?

MyFoxChicago recently ran a story on deceased loved ones “living on” (so-to-speak) through active Facebook…

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Taking Technology To The Streets, Chicago Detours

Chicago is a city known for its breathtaking skyline, rich history, and Magnificent Mile.  Millions…

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CEO Sundays: How To Make An Old Business New Again

Written by Kevin Leland, Co-founder of Pawngo Here at Lightbankwe’re enamored with any business that…

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A “Dysfunctional Family” Meets To Discuss Clean Energy

The evening of June 23, 250 professionals from all walks of clean energy gathered downtown…