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EDL’s CloudCraze Levels Ecommerce Playing Field

Entrepreneur Bill Loumpourdis founded his company, EDL consulting, in the ashes of the dotcom boom in Chicago in what he called a “crisis-opportunity moment.” I asked him about the inherent.

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The Front Brake Light: An Automotive Innovation Takes Shape in the Heart of Flyover Country

When I first landed on frontbrakelight.com to prepare for an interview with innovator Steven Wright, I recalled a car accident my friend Carla was in a few years back. Sitting.

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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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Digital Tour Bus – A Behind The Scenes Look At Your Favorite Bands In Their Natural Habitat

In the days of old the only way to get into a musician’s or band’s tour bus was to be a member, roadie or the less attractive option…a groupie.

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Chicago’s Lightbank Offers $5,000 Web Design Award

*Editor’s Note: This Press release is being posted exactly as it was sent to me- sounds like a GREAT contest! Good luck to everyone that enters! Chicago-based Venture Fund Partners.

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Flyover Geeks Traffic is up, WAY Up! Thanks Flyover Country!

Flyover Geeks launched just over a month ago and the response to what we are doing has been fantastic. For awhile, everyday my first stop since launch was Google Analytics.

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Mike Evans of Grubhub schools Lean Startup crowd

Last night Bernhard Kappe of Pathfinder Development hosted a Lean Startup event in the office of the Illinois Technology Alliance. Kappe is the Chicago organizer of the Lean Startup Circle,.

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Storage by the Box is storage without leaving Home

Entrepreneur founder of Storage by the Box Phil Murphy hit upon his business idea after discussing a problem with friends of his who just didn’t have enough room for their.

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More Great Stuff on “I Am 4 Kids”

Yesterday Flyover Geeks introduced you to the non-profit I Am 4 Kids and in addition to having the story run here on Flyover Geeks I also had it run in.

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Startup “I Am 4 Kids” snags NFL Superbowl Sponsorship

Entrepreneur Mark Papadas had his “A-HA!” moment in bed one night, unable to sleep. “Like a lot of people, I was looking for work in 2008 after a career opportunity.

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