Checking in on the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge
November 1, 2011A few weeks ago we wrote about the kick-off of the Chicago Lean Start-up Challenge. As a reminder, The Lean Start-up Challenge is not a business plan competition. It is.
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Heavenly Hellos: Delivering Messages from the Crypt
October 31, 2011Des Moines-based Heavenly Hellos made its debut in May 2011, acting as a portal for the dead to reach out to the living.
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They’re Coming for You: Invasion of the B Movie Posters
October 31, 2011Alright, so it’s not exactly ‘innovation’, but Invasion Of The B Movie Posters IS brilliantly cheesy. The concept is simple enough: upload any photo to the B-Movie Poster app and.
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Unthink: The Anti-Facebook
October 31, 2011America’s growing hostility towards The Man has become increasingly evident in the past few months. Most recently it’s manifested itself in Tampa – headquartered Unthink.com, the anti-Facebook social network.
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CEO Sunday: Stop Making Excuses and Start Building
October 30, 2011Building a technology startup from Mississippi is hard. Extremely. Hard. Unlike the Valley, the Alley, or most other large cities in the United States, programs created to help tech entrepreneurs.
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With Netflix’s Uncertain Future, Apple and Amazon Wait in the Wings
October 28, 2011Netflix’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.
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iFindit: Not Just for the Homeless
October 28, 2011Apps for Metro Chicago Community Round winners were announced recently and iFindit was listed as a top winner. The app is designed to assist Chicago’s lower income residents access crucial services like.
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10 Reasons Your Startup Will Succeed
October 28, 2011The 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.
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5 Brilliant Kickstarter Projects From Flyover Country
October 27, 2011Flyover country? We don’t think so. Outside of the Alley and Valley, entrepreneurial and technology innovation is spreading like wildfire and great examples of flyover innovation can be found on KickStarter..
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The Recap: A Marathon Technori Pitch Event
October 27, 2011Less than one year after launching their “celebration of Chicago entrepreneurship”, Seth Kravitz and his Technori crew packed a 500+ seat amphitheater with innovation-craving web enthusiasts salivating over a glimpse.
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