Startups

Symbiosis Health: Catapult’s Newest Company Turns Patients Into Consumers

The Catapult-based company is set to launch a new platform that will help patients with high deductible healthcare plans find and book appointments as easily as buying a plane ticket online.

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Slope Stand Sticks To Apple’s Aesthetic, Tackles Kickstarter Goal

The tablet stand features a unique technology, utilizing two innovative nanofoam suction pads that solidly anchor the base of the stand to any flat surface and the tablet at a comfortable 66 degree angle.

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Chicago-Based Winestyr Cuts The Middlemen Out Of The Wine Industry

Winestyr, an ecommerce startup based in Chicago that sells wine directly from small wineries to consumers, launched its marketplace this week. Rather than featuring old standards like Mondavi and Stag’s Leap, Winestyr is going after the smaller wineries that produce craft wines in smaller batches.

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Parent University Takes Personalized Parenting Tips On The Go

Parent University is a dedicated mobile service with the ambitious goal of making sure all parents have the developmental information they need to keep their children stimulated as they grow.

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LockerDome Levels Up By Celebrating 3 Million Monthly Uniques Milestone

St. Louis-based LockerDome is celebrating a major traffic milestone today. 3 million monthly unique visitors are now flocking to the sports social media platform. This milestone now officially places the company among the fastest growing online sports-specific websites in the world.

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How To Warm Up Your Cold Email

As the hustler half of the classic hustler / hacker startup team, I’ve employed all of these email tactics to line up an incredible number of high caliber meetings over the past month. The key is to warm up your cold emails. Here’s how.

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Perfect Your Pitch At December’s Funding Feeding Frenzy

This week Chicago entrepreneurs and investors will have the chance to come together for a full day of networking at this year’s second Funding Feeding Frenzy (FFF) event at the Chopin Theater.

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Jim Allsup Gives SLU’s Center For Entrepreneurship Largest Gift To Date

The Center for Entrepreneurship at SLU’s Cook School of Businesses plans to use the $2.2 million gift to bring the entrepreneurial program to students at an earlier stage in their education.

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Unbranded Designs: Disrupting Retail Furniture Monotony

Chicago-based furniture startup Unbranded Designs is looking to bring an entirely new option to the furniture shopping market, with a community website that links furniture seekers directly to the kind of unique designs they’re not likely to find on the floor of a local retail store.

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Seedcon Fast-Pitch Winners Take Home More Than $100k In Prizes

Intelligent Loop, DigitalGroundup, and Infrared Solutions were this year’s top winners, bringing home more than $100,000 in valuable business services.

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