Chicago’s Retrofit Raises $8M Series A
November 13, 2012The latest round, led by Silicon Valley-based VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, brings the personalized fitness company’s fundraising total to just over $10 million.
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Rick Turoczy Spotlights Portland’s Startup Scene At Bright Lights Talk
November 13, 2012Last night, Rick Turoczy of the Portland Incubator Experiment took that stage at Bright Lights: Discussions on the City to discuss the Portland startup scene. Turoczy has been living in Portland for 20 years.
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St. Louis
In A First, EO St. Louis Branch Opens Event To Non-Members
November 13, 2012This week the St. Louis branch of the Entrepreneur’s Organization, a global network for entrepreneurs headquartered in the city, has opened up its latest meeting to all members of the surrounding startup community.
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St. Louis
Former BusyEvent CEO: Stepping Aside Was “Not A Difficult Decision”
November 13, 2012This past week former BusyEvent CEO David Schenberg has passed the reigns to Alyn Essman to get the event management startup onto the right track for the launch of its revamped mobile platform next year.
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Project Fixup: Chicago Dating Startup Does The Dirty Work For You
November 12, 2012Chicago entrepreneurs Sarah Press and Alan Illing are fed up with the aimlessness of current online dating websites, and have recently launched the new dating service that does the matching and planning footwork work for you.
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CEO Sundays
Editorial
CEO Sundays: Abby Ross On How How To Amp Your Apps
November 11, 2012While smartphones abound, apps are flooding the technology and social media gates. There are apps to pass your time, document your time—in an array of eye-pleasing filters, of course—and save.
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JustBecause Helps Startups Reach New Customers With Gifting App
November 10, 2012JustBecause gives Facebook friends the chance share deals from a growing number of the biggest startups around, some valued at up to $100, for only $1 a piece.
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Editorial
In Defense Of PRServe
November 10, 2012Late this week, a company called PRServe was banned from pitching stories to TechCrunch after Alexia Tsotsis banned the pay per placement business model. Here at Techli, we are welcoming these pitches. Here’s why.
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Indiegogo Campaign Kicks Off To Better Lives of Women In Rural India
November 9, 2012Azadi, a Chicago startup based out of 1871, is looking to bring a low-cost, completely biodegradable menstruation pad to India’s rural areas and solve the issue keeping so many women from leaving their homes each month.
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St. Louis
Billiken Angels Network Drops St. Louis University Requirement
November 9, 2012The Billiken Angels Network, part of Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of Business, announced this week that it is dropping the requirement that all investments must have founders with ties to the university as students, former students, faculty, or staff.
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