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Tech Leadership: 7 Thoughts on Building Your Start-Up from the Ground Up

Bill Veeck is remembered for the convention-defying promotional events he staged in order boost attendance at his teams’ games. While Veeck’s role in sending three-foot seven-inch tall Eddie Gaedel up.

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Energy Deregulation Startup Power 2 Switch Raises $1.3 Million

Chicago startup Power2Switch has raised $1.3 million dolars in financing. The energy deregulation startup allows individual and commercial electricity customers choose the electricity provider that powers their home or business.

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Batman: Arkham City with a Vertical Tasting of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

I’ve been looking forward to Batman: Arkham City ever since I played through Batman: Arkham Asylum last December. I finally got my hands on it about a week ago, and.

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Top 3 Reasons Startup Founders Should Avoid Lawyers

Disclaimer: The following article contains practical advice that in no way represents actual legal counsel. Intended entrepreneurial recipients should consult an attorney at their own risk. Failure to comply may.

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Startup PreGame: How To Get Started

Many people in the startup industry are guilty of saying “university is a waste of time” but I couldn’t disagree more. I was recently asked “What are some things you.

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Op-Ed: Arrington Is Right: Quit Whining

My friend and fellow writer at Tech.li, Jason Rowley, wrote an excellent editorial today on Michael Arrington’s recent article about people “whining” at startups. Jason brings up the suicide of.

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Man Up And Talk About Your Feelings, Mr. Arrington

UPDATE: To read the other side of the coin, Tech.li founder Edward Domain sides with Arrington in his rebuttal to my post.  Michael Arrington, like a lot of men of a certain age, has.

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Chicago And Champaign Spur Illinois Startup Growth

CHAMPAIGN, IL — It’s barely dawn in Champaign, and Yi Chen, 27, is in University of Illinois professor Logan Liu’s Nanobionics lab, poking delicately at gleaming blue wafers and crunching.

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OMG, He Said the ‘F’ Word!

You don’t want to use it in polite company.  You do not use it if it applies to you.  You might be seen as gloating if you use it, when.

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CEO Sundays: Why Is Naming A Company So Damn Hard?

Names are important to defining a company and its path and there are literally millions of potential choices. Also, thanks to companies like Gowalla, Spotify, and Pinterest names don’t need.

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