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Startups

Locket: A Cinderella Story For Startups?

October 4, 2013

So many times we romanticize about startup founders and make it seem like they’re basking in “overnight success.” It’s so easy to forget the road to being an entrepreneur.

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St. Louis Startups

Capital Innovators Adds 5 New Startups To Portfolio

September 11, 2013

Two healthcare plays, two video game makers, and a mobile college student discount app were announced last night as the latest St. Louis startups to get backed by the Capital.

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St. Louis

With LaunchCode, Jim McKelvey Wants To Change The Way Coders Learn And Get Jobs

August 20, 2013

Some 18 years ago, Jim McKelvey was so desperate to find capable developers in St. Louis for his digital publishing company Mira that he hired a teenager with no work.

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Chicago Startups

Chicago’s River North Welcomes the Industrious “Hive”

August 20, 2013

There’s a new office space coming to River North. Co-working spaces and incubators have embedded the area — and now there is also a “hive.” The 17,000 square-foot space.

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Michele Clark: Innovation in Music

June 6, 2013

Michele Clark has been a music entrepreneur for more than 25 years. She began her career as a radio promoter in 1988. Her own event – “The Sunset Sessions”.

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Chicago Editorial

Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans

April 26, 2013

Co-authored by: Lauryn Schroeder, Medill News Service It starts with something simple. For 12-year-old Quincy Lyons, it started with the first bite of an orange. An orange that he believed.

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Chicago Editorial

Chicago start-up weekend stresses collaboration over competition

April 22, 2013

Instead of spending the weekend relaxing, 96 entrepreneurs gathered at 1871, Chicago’s start-up incubator, to build a company in less than 3 days and compete to win.

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Chicago Startups

App creates network for traveling professionals

April 18, 2013

Don’t just be social, BTSocial. Chicago entrepreneur Tim Hines launched an app Tuesday for his two-year-old company, BTSocial, making it easier for business travelers everywhere to connect. The.

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Chicago Editorial

Nourish your network; Entice investors

April 17, 2013

An intimate crowd of entrepreneurs, developers and investors gathered in the basement of Chopin Theater in Wicker Park Tuesday night seeking direction from startup and investment experts. The Entrepreneurs Unpluggd.

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Startups

Rank and Style

April 9, 2013

Sarika Doshi saw a need to empower the female consumer, and she’s doing it by joining science and fashion. Rank and Style launched one week ago, and it aggregates the.