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Race To The Bottom #entrepreneurfail – COMIC

Climbing the good ol’ corporate ladder is a tried, true, relatively predictable, yet slow way to reach the top. Heeding the speed limit and traversing the dotted lines can get.

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Building A Rock Star Network: Strategies For Local Growth And Beyond

Effective networks are the key to a successful business. A close-knit association of organizations, distributors, retailers and customers can help launch small local businesses to nationwide markets and recognition. Developing.

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Momentum For Social Media Giving Day Builds

Social media gives everyone an opportunity to be heard.  From Facebook to Twitter to Pinterest, there are a variety of social tools available.  However, Twitter is one such network that.

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Don’t Believe The Skype? Vonage Mobile App Takes On Microsoft

With the addition of video calling to the Vonage Mobile App, there’s a new player in the game, and they’re not shy about calling out their competition.  “Don’t believe the.

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SPICE Series Gets Personal

On April 30, Paul Wessel, CEO of Innovation Consulting Partners LLC concluded the SPICE (Speakers Pioneering Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship) speaker series of the academic year, hosted by Parks College.

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Design Thinking can Change Education

By Charles Perry – MentorMob There’s something incredible and a little unnerving about an 8th grader talking with confidence about market research, design thinking, and profit margins. And that’s exactly.

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Move Over 140 Character Limits; 6-Second Videos Are The New Rage

Since its launch in January, Vine, Twitter’s latest app, has taken marketers by storm.  And it’s not just marketers using it, either.  Users have embraced this latest sensation, too, including.

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Kickstarter Helps Save A Small Town Theater

The city of Highland, Illinois, is a quaint, small town in the heart of the Midwest with all the trappings you would expect… great schools, active parents, a picturesque town.

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Knight Foundation and Fisher Family fund Nonprofit Startup, Benevolent

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Fisher Family provided $285,000 in grant money to Benevolent, a crowdfunding site for low-income individuals, allowing it to move into three.

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1871 anniversary spotlights Chicago startup growth

  Leaders of the Chicago startup community released figures Friday regarding the city’s start-up growth coinciding with the first anniversary of 1871, one of the city’s start-up incubators. “Over the.

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