How Starting Where I’ve Been Is The Best Mistake Craig Ulliott Made

Craig Ulliott started the Facebook app Where I’ve Been as a side project while he was working as a freelance web developer. In a few days, the app’s use exploded and Craig had a problem. Within a month, Craig had to figure out how support his growing user base of around a million users.

Today, Where I’ve Been is approaching ten million maps created, is one of the most popular travel apps on Facebook, and is partnering with leading companies in the travel industry. I interviewed Craig to learn how he built a wildly successful Facebook app and how starting Where I’ve Been is the “best mistake” Craig ever made.

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Insights Into 10 Years Of Building Threadless With Co-Founder Jake Nickell

When Jake Nickell started the popular crowdsourced t-shirt design site Threadless 10 years ago, he thought he’d be holding down a job nowadays, with some creative hobbies on the side. After all, Threadless was only a hobby for Jake back then.

Threadless is an overnight success that took 10 years to build. Jake didn’t give himself a salary for 2 years. In the beginning, Jake would go to the post office during his lunch hour to ship out the shirts that people bought. When an employee needed a soundproof booth to start a podcast, Jake suggested they find an Airstream for the office on eBay (and they did).

I interviewed Jake to get some insight into how he built Threadless over the past 10 years into the success it is today, and explore some of the ups and downs along the way.

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Hiring People Before You Have A Job For Them, With Phil Tadros of Chicago-based Doejo

Phil Tadros created 13 coffee shops in Chicago and runs his own interactive agency called Doejo. He told me he hires people before he even has a job for them.

I sat down with Phil to discuss his past endeavors as a creative entrepreneur and learn more about his thoughts on hiring people.

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Landing And Expanding Big Name Clients Like Comcast – With Paul Caswell

I met Paul Caswell some time ago at a Chicago networking event and was intrigued by his website Weave The People. The site allows event and meeting participants to connect with other participants and view their relevant info in an easy to use, very visual format.

When I ran into Paul at the midVentures Launch conference a few weeks ago, I learned he had Comcast and big pharmaceutical companies as clients. My question was, how??

Watch my interview with Paul to find out how he “lands and expands” clients like Comcast.

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How Eddy Lu Of GrubWith.Us Makes Money Having Dinner With New Friends

When Eddy Lu and his business partner moved to Chicago to open a restaurant, they realized they didn’t know anybody in town. Rather than hit the loud, crowded bars and.

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Why An IP Lawyer Co-Founded The Largest Startup Conference In Midwest

Jonathan Pasky is a lawyer and one three guys behind Midventures, a Chicago technology consulting firm. A few months ago, they threw an event called midVentures25, which was a startup.

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How Kris Peterson Created A Successful Daily Deals Company From His Kitchen Counter

Kris Peterson was simultaneously training for the Chicago marathon and buying tons of Groupons. He couldn’t use all the Groupons he was buying and ended up losing the money he.

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How Nate St. Pierre Made A Business Out Of Changing The World

A while back, while leading a web team at a big company in Milwaukee, Nate St. Pierre participated in a leadership workshop. One of the questions was “Next year, I.

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