Lessons From Business Failures It’s quite refreshing to see how far along the Chicago entrepreneurial community has come in the 2.5 years since I moved here for business school (Go.
Spencer Hewett is not what one might call an “average” college freshman. At Washington University in St. Louis, Spencer is one among a growing movement of young tech entrepreneurs getting their.
First impressions are everything, especially for a start-up trying to court new users. A lot of start-ups believe it takes expensive design and brilliant imagery to get people to sign-up, when in reality none of that matters. All it takes to increase conversion rate is a solid headline, contrasting call to action button, detailed additional value, and social proof.
Chicago based credit card processing company Braintree has an impressive roster of customers – 37signals, Airbnb, github, OpenTable, and more. And that’s with a team of under 20 people.
That’s not why I interviewed CEO Bryan Johnson though. I wanted to learn why their company culture is so unique, why he doesn’t hire traditional managers, and why he’s so adamant about hiring rock star e
No matter what you’re celebrating this time of year- Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, Winter Solstice or some other name for gorging yourself on food & opening presents- this is.
Chicago’s Top 30 In Tech 2010 30. Funding Feeding Frenzy Coming in at the end of the year, the Funding Feeding Frenzy competition held at the Chicago SYNC center.
Motorola has put together a pretty slick video for CES in January where they plan to unveil their new Tablet running the Android 3.0 HoneyComb OS. It’s rumored to have.
For this series, I’ve Skyped gawky, venture-capitalized college kids who’re still grappling with acne. It seems as though tech entrepreneurs are getting younger. What explains this trend toward younger people entering the tech-entrepreneurial space, even while still in college? This necessarily leads to a second question: why is it that nearly all of these college-aged entrepreneurs end up dropping out of college to start their ventures?
CHICAGO, IL. December 20, 2010 – The App House announced today the launch of Drink Deck Chicago for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Drink Deck offers Chicagoland residents $520 of.
I am an entrepreneur running my own startup and as such I work. A lot. For instance, it is 8:19 p.m. as I write this post from the awesome SYNC.
