Rocked the Recession: Building a Chicago Conference

Being an entrepreneur launching a new business in the worst economy in 70 years has been exciting, to say the least. As I have met with entrepreneurs all over the.

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Chicago Ignite: 14 Speakers, 5 Minutes ea. + Pizza = Great Event

by Stella Fayman What do you get when you combine 14 speakers with interesting ideas, 20 pizzas, one stage, 100 audience members, and a limit of 5 minutes and 20.

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How Allie Osmar Siarto Grew A Photography Hobby Into A Profitable Business

After leaving the agency world almost a year ago, Allie Osmar Siarto formed a digital measurement and research firm called Loudpixel with her fiancé and their friend. Since then, she’s gradually been devoting more of her creative energy to her lifelong hobby of photography.

I sat down with Allie to learn why she became a creative entrepreneur to begin with and more specifically, how she grew her photography hobby into a profitable business.

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Hulu Plus Frees Humanity; Dish Network Cries

For those that don’t know, Hulu is a web portal that has partnerships with the major television networks and allows you to watch the television programs you like for free,.

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GigaOm Cord Cutters Frees You From Cable

I have been a huge fan of GigaOm for a long time. The writing is thoughtful and sharp, and they provide great analysis of tech topics. Since Flyover Geeks did.

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Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner

NYC based Veritgore Games has just made one of my childhood dreams come true. I can now get into the gunner’s seat in the Millenium Falcon and protect Chicago from.

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Channel Awesome Is Awesomely Successful

Before creating Channel Awesome, cofounders Mike Michaud and Bhargav Dronamraju were both working for Circuit City in 2007 when they suddenly found themselves without jobs. “Circuit City liked to fire.

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Flyover Geeks Presents: Bootstrappers Ball Milwaukee!

Flyover Geeks is kicking off its “Bootstrappers Ball” series of one day conferences in cities across the U.S. in Milwaukee on November 18, 2010 at the University of Wisconsin at.

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Chicago’s Jabber Jury Raises $1.2 Million; Web Will Not Be The Same

“I am going to tell you all a story,” he said, “and afterwards if it is a waste of your time, I’m buying a beer for everyone.”

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Present Bee is Social Wishlists for Friends & Family

Present Bee is a new startup to emerge from Northwestern University led by graduate student Swathy Prithivi who is earning her M.S. in Marketing in a joint program with cross.

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