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Disrupting the Quality Control Industry: An Interview with Entrepreneur Matt Gornick

“I think I want to build a business because I saw my parents do it,” was Matt Gornick’s answer when I asked him why he splits his time between running.

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Taxi Cab Confessions: Smelly Taxi and Taxi Magic Unite

When Adam Saffro flagged down and stepped into a cab in Chicago earlier this year, he did not know he would be stepping out with an idea for a new.

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Find “What’s for Dinner” With FoodGenius

“What’s for dinner?” The age old question weighs on many minds. Chicago-based app FoodGenius offers ways to track your favorite dishes and suggest new places to get your grub on. The.

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Startup Smackdown: SpotHero vs ParkWhiz

The maxim of launching a startup in the digital world works like this: Take an existing business that has been doing things the same way for decades, move it to.

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So Groupon is Finally Publicly Traded…

This past Friday Groupon finally went public with their long awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) using the NASDAQ symbol of GRPN. Congratulations are in order for the three year old Chicago start-up that.

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The Lean Startup Video

Eric Ries’ book, The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, has inspired entrepreneurs around the world and has almost evolved into a cult among.

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Geek2Chic: From Founders to Fashionistas

What do high-end fashion and bootstrapped entrepreneurs have in common? At a glance, nothing. Involve a few great organizations and a techie fashion event is born. This past Wednesday saw some of.

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Rovertown: Mobile Marketing for the College Student

Mike Philip, owner and CEO of Rovertown, believes the most effective and underutilized opportunity to market to college students is connecting them with local businesses through their mobile phones. Rovertown.

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Mediafly Wants to Set You Up for CES 2012

Believe it or not, CES 2012 is right around the corner. For most of us, it is a date that cannot come too soon as it means four days of.

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Chatroom Geeks to Hosting Moguls: The Rise of SingleHop

Zak Boca and Dan Ushman — the founders of the successful Chicago-based server company SingleHop — got their start in the online world the same way a lot of the Digital Generation.

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