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If You Build It, They Will Come…To Chicago

Written by Elan Mosbacher Even in the midst of winter, the Windy City startup scene is beginning to blossom. Entrepreneurs in Chicago are building businesses, and investors are coming from across.

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CEO Sundays: A Newcomer’s Thoughts On The Chicago Startup Scene

Written by Nick Cronin About five months ago I decided to quit my job and focus full-time on my startup ExpertBids I was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the time,.

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Chicago: SYNC Tech Center Closes

Breaking News As of Tuesday, March 1st, the Chicago SYNC Technology Center at 322 S. Green is announcing it is closing permanently. The SYNC center had quickly become a focal.

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Funding Feeding Frenzy Kickoff Prepares Entrepreneurs For Success

Last fall’s Funding Feeding Frenzy event was a huge success, with over 100 attendees and media coverage from NPR, Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Their spring event will no.

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Chicago Based Joystickers Launches New Line of iPad, Touchscreen Products

“I was playing a FPS (First Person Shooter) on my iPad and was hitting the button to shoot this guy and I ended up getting shot in the face repeatedly.

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Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Mayoral Race; Now Mayor-Elect Emanuel

February 22nd, 10 p.m. Today was Chicago’s Mayoral Election and Rahm Emanuel has been declared Mayor-Elect with 89% of precincts reporting. This was Chicago’s first Mayoral race in sixty years.

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Kairos Seizes Its Moment

What differentiates the Kairos Society from other student entrepreneurship organizations is simple: it puts its money where its mouth is. And what a mouth it has.

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From A Desk And Chair In A Server Room To $116 Million In Revenue

Shawn Riegsecker is the founder of Centro, a company that makes the buying and selling of online media easy. Last year, Shawn’s company pulled in $116 million in revenue.

But things weren’t always that good. Shawn started the company back during the recession in 2000. He was drowning in debt, behind on rent, and his office consisted of a desk, chair, blanket and pillow in a server room.

In this interview, Shawn shares how he started Centro during a recession and how he kept himself motivated during those trying early days.

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Help Flyover Geeks Raise Capital In Docker’s Challenge

Click Here To Vote For Flyover Geeks! In an effort to grow by leaps and bounds as opposed to organic and steady, Flyover Geeks’ has entered Docker’s Facebook $100K challenge.

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Ode To Entrpreneurship

written by Brooke Fallon How do I love thee, let me count the ways, To you I devote the hours of my days. I love thee like June after 9.

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