Travel Connected With gtrot

gtrot, short for globetrotting, gtrot makes it easy to share travel plans, collect advice from the people you trust and connect with friends and deals in your destination.

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Tabblr: Activity Finder For The Here and Now

Who among us is not occasionally faced with the problem of how to spend the next few hours, the afternoon, the day? This being Chicago, something is happening pretty much at every moment, but until now there was no one to tell you what, only where.

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Flyover Geeks: New Name? Full Team? B O O M!

Since I launched Flyover Geeks in August of last year, (for a trip down memory lane, see here and here) coverage of the tech scene in Chicago and beyond has.

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Book Review: The Peak Interview by Bill Burnett

With the tag line on the front cover of “New Insights into Winning the Interview and Getting the Job,” I was expecting to learn some new secrets I had never.

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From The Basement To $17 Million In Revenue with Instant Technology

Rona Borre is the president and CEO of Instant Technology, an IT staffing and recruiting firm. After running a $30 million book of business at a global recruiting firm, Rona left to start Instant Technology with the goal of adding a personal touch to the staffing industry.

What began as a startup in her basement has grown to more than 30 employees and almost $17 million in revenue. I interviewed Rona to learn the story of how she built Instant Technology from the ground up.

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Commerce App Zaarly Helps Get Things Done

While in Chicago this past week, I attended the Chicago street-team launch of Zaarly, and I have to say that I was impressed at the concept. Zaarly is an application.

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The Smarteys Way: An Online Financial Education Series

written by marian Mangoubi As an entrepreneur, you have probably often heard that most small businesses fail within the first two to five years of its existence. There are many.

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SPARK Chicago: Show up, Pitch, Assemble, Revise, Kick-ass

SPARK Chicago, a new entrepreneurial competition, intends to help create three new businesses. SPARK invites applicants who have a web-based or mobile application idea to apply to its program, which.

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Smarteys: Finance Help For Young Professionals

Adrissha Wimberly and Charisse Conanan are the cofounders of Chicago startup Smarteys.com and want to change the way young people think about money. “Young people are sharing their information like.

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Breaking News: Excelerate Announces Companies Chosen For Summer Incubator

CHICAGO, April 26, 2011 — Excelerate Labs, an intensive accelerator for startups, today announced the ten companies selected for 2011. This three month long “boot camp for startups” attracts some.

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