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CEO Sundays: From Retail to Startups, It’s All About The People

Written by Kristin Demidovich, Chief Marketing Consigliere @MentorMob Everyday in corporate culture was a challenge, providing a new lesson! Most lessons learned in the corporate world are thought of as “business driving” lessons.  How.

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Keeping Tabs on Tabblr

When we first talked to the folks over at Tabblr – George Tung and Milos Golubovic – they had just gotten their app into the respective Android and iPhone markets and were courting some well-known companies like Akira clothing boutiques to sign up, but there wasn’t a whole lot of action on the site itself. Things have changed.

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SocialDevCamp Extends Early Bird Registration Deadline

SocialDevCamp has extended the early bird registration deadline to July 31st at Midnight! August 1st those tickets go from $50 to $75 so make sure take advantage of the early bird.

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Superstar Hackathon Sponsored by 5Degrees.us, BIC, ITP, & Tech.li

The Illinois Technology Partnership (ITP) and Built In Chicago (BIC) have joined 5Degrees.us and Tech.li in sponsoring the Superstar Hackathon July 23rd during TechWeek. Winners of the event are going.

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SocialDevCamp – Summer Camp for the Social Web

Summer is here and with it comes another  installment of SocialDevCamp – the Conference + UNconference + Hackathon for makers of the social web. Founded in 2008 by co-chairs Tim Courtney.

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$50K In Prizes For Chicago? Yeah, There’s App(s) For That

AppsForMetroChicago.com is a new contest for App Developers based around getting apps developed that help the citizens of Metro Chicago go about life and they are awarding $50K in sweet,.

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Lost Crates: Selling Outside the Box

I admit it: I’m a new-notebooks-and-pens nerd. I always wanted to purchase my school supplies for the next school year as soon as the list came out, which was typically.

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“Turning Setbacks Into Opportunities” Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, Jul 22

“Failure can often teach you more about your business than success.” Entrepreneurs Unpluggd is hosting an upcoming event that will be focused on “Turning Setbacks Into Opportunities.” Invited are a.

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“Amazon Tax” In Illinois: What Does It Mean To Small Business?

Taxes used to intimidate me, so for a long time my policy was one of ignorance. I filed my taxes using an EZ 1040 until I got married, and after.

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Small Businesses, Big Ideas at The Junto

Have the next big idea, but don’t know where to start?  Junto is a new organization that helps grow ideas and make them into reality. Dedicated to helping early stage.

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