Patently Insane, Part 2: Fowl Play And How Writing And Coding Are Similar
August 10, 2011Software patents are kind of like the government issuing a fiction writer the exclusive right to kill characters so as to evoke emotion.
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New World Ventures Invests in SinglePlatform
August 10, 2011New World Ventures has announced their investment in one-stop digital portal SinglePlatform. The $3.25 million round was led by DFJ Gotham Ventures, with additional participation by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures, bringing SinglePlatform’s total funding to date up to $4.45 million.
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[Updated] Chicago Welcomes The Twenty Something Blogger Summit
August 10, 2011Update: A Squared Group and 20-Something Bloggers are offering Tech.li readers a 50% discount on the 20SB Community member rate, using the code techli (it is designed for 20-somethings, but.
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Look And Donate Like Your Favorite Star With YouCeleb
August 10, 2011Entire websites are devoted to identifying what celebrities are wearing and where to get that exact item or at the very least, a cheaper lookalike. But how about taking it one step further and having a Groupon-like place where proceeds from the sale go to the celeb’s charity of choice? Miami-based YouCeleb does just that.
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Editorial
Patently Insane, Part 1: An Introduction
August 9, 2011Whether you know it or not, patents on scientific discoveries and technological innovation effect your life in all kinds of tiny and insidious ways.
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St. Louis
Clearent Leverages Flexible Platform to Bring Innovations to Payment Processing
August 9, 2011Entrepreneurs are never short on ideas, but they are often short on time. Bob Lozano, co-founder of Appistry, was in the midst of building his own venture when he saw a.
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Chicago Startups Come Together At TTO
August 8, 2011We’re no Rebecca Black, but we think Thursday just became the new Friday. Thursday can thank the Tech.li team for boosting it’s street cred by kicking off ‘Tech.li Thursdays One’.
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CEO Sunday: Lessons From the Inside
August 7, 2011This summer, The App House rebranded to 5Degrees, a mobile and web-based platform designed to make staying connected to everyone that matters to you easy. During June and July, 5Degrees.
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Peg Your Price with Pegwise
August 6, 2011How often do you feel that if the retail price for an item were only a few dollars less, you’d be all over it? Pegwise, launched in April by co-founders Jarred Trost and Andy Powell, is an online marketplace that connects a customer’s perceived value of the product to the price they pay.
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Editorial
A Day at midVenturesLaunch
August 4, 2011When I moved from Atlanta to Chicago about a year ago to start my own company and explore a new city, attending the inaugural midVenturesLaunch was my first exposure to.
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