Dr. Paul Magelli, who teaches an Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development course at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, once said, “I don’t buy green bananas.” No respected investor would. Below is.
This past Friday Groupon finally went public with their long awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) using the NASDAQ symbol of GRPN. Congratulations are in order for the three year old Chicago start-up that.
Eric Ries’ book, The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, has inspired entrepreneurs around the world and has almost evolved into a cult among.
“The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour…” – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 A moment of solitude.
The state of Pennsylvania is currently in the process of passing a “no-texting while driving” bill. The bill considers texting behind the wheel as a primary offense, whereby the police can.
Mark Suster got fat while starting his company and – if you’re not careful – so could you. Weight gain is a common symptom of working 90 hours/week building a.
Over the last several decades’ women have begun moving out of the home and into the workforce. It’s not uncommon for most modern families to have a two-income household. Part.
Netflix’s earnings announcement earlier this week felt like the final straw for investors holding out hope for the wayward DVD-rental and video streaming giant. The news was grim, despite the.
The startup community is filled with platitudes about failure. Most recently, Vinod Khosla gave his view on failure after FAILCon 2011. Yes, there is actually a conference about failing. I’m.
I originally agreed to write for Tech.Li planning to document my summer internship at 5Degrees. However, since I started writing I have also been talking about tech talent in Chicago. Tech.
