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Knight News Challenge on Libraries awards $3 million for innovative ideas

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation named 22 projects as winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries, awarding the recipients a share of $3 million for their.

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CEO Sundays: 7 Business Lessons I learned from the Music Industry

This article comes to us by Todd Dahn, co-founder Platformz As co-founder of the music search engine, Platformz, I am not your typical start-up guy. I consider myself a hip-hop.

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ChopBox: Putting the Family Back in Dinner

I can imagine that many of our readers are constantly struggling to keep a balance between work life and family life. Leaving the paperwork at the office and picking up.

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ITP & TechAmerica Announce Support For Illinois Technology and Innovation Caucus

  TechAmerica powered by CompTIA and the Illinois Technology Partnership (ITP) today announced their support of the new Illinois technology and innovation caucus, co-chaired by Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings.

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LearnCore On Winning Startup Voodoo

The following article comes to us from Ethan Linkner, cofounder of LearnCore, who won ‘Most Promising’ at Startup Voodoo As a bootstrapped business, we tend to pass on conferences. They.

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Chicago’s G2 Crowd Creates ‘Yelp’ For SaaS

While there are still some professionals out there using Excel (shudder) as a poor man’s CRM, most of the modern movers and shakers are using some sort of software as.

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Chicago Startup CurbNinja Crowdsources Motorcycle Parking

  Chicago Startup CurbNinja launched this month aiming to make parking your motorcycle/scooter easier than it usually is for city riders. CurbNinja founders (and avid motorcyclists) Fred Lebed and Tim Hines.

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Chicago Startups: Pitch Training Camp Starts Next Week

  Pitching skills are a must-have for startup founders. A perfected pitch can make or break an entrepreneur’s chance at landing new customers, raising a round of funding or enticing.

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LearnCore: The Hottest Chicago Startup You’ve Never Heard Of

LearnCore has taken ZERO VC Investment, doubling client roster by end of Q1 “We have a philosophy,” said LearnCore cofounder Ethan Linkner. “Don’t spend if you don’t have to.” That.

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Chicago’s Belly Full…of Rewards!

By Francesca Bacardi, Medill Reports Chicago is full…of rewards. Belly is popping up on counters at businesses across Chicago, and people are tapping into it. Belly Inc. provides rewards of.

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