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The Real Loser Of SuperBowl 2012: Online Pawning Startup, Pawngo

What does a Denver-based online pawning startup have to do with the Superbowl? Well, not much of anything which is what made Pawngo’s Boston-bashing publicity stunt just as strange as it was classless..

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5 Reasons The Windy City is a Great Place for Startups

What’s the best city?  This loaded and subjective question that has no doubt created hours of heated debate.  During dinners, traffic jams, subway rides, and DMV lines people passionately espouse.

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SilvrSpoon Turns Every Restaurant Into ‘Cheers’

Admit it. You’ve committed drive-by check-ins. In the pursuit of points, badges, and political klout, you’ve claimed “here” when really you were over there. One check-in away from receiving a.

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Effimax Solar: Looking Towards a Better Tomorrow

A new nanotexturing method applied to solar panels and able to produce high-efficency silicon cells, Effimax Solar was one of two U of I startup finalists.

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Healthbox Accelerator Announces First Round Participants

Chicago-based Healthbox Accelerator has announced the first participants who will begin the program on January 9, 2012.

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Never Forget a Birthday or Anniversary again with MoreBrownies

MoreBrownies is a web service that keeps you from forgetting to buy gifts for your loved ones by enabling to buy a year’s worth of gifts at once.

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Gentlemen: Get Fresh Kit…And Stay That Way

Get Fresh Kit is a membership-based service delivering samples of products to your doorstep for a monthly fee of $20.

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Edmodo Raises $15 Million to be the Facebook of Education

Edmodo, an education social network, raised $15 million from Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital.

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CEO Sundays: Want To Succeed? Show Up

This article was written by Ethan Austin, CEO of Give Forward There’s a famous Woody Allen quotes that says,  “80% of success is showing up.” I think this is true.

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Dabble Expands To 50 Cities

Chicago startup Dabble announced this week they have expanded to 50 markets globally this week due to hundreds of requests from cities outside Chicago. Dabble allows someone with an idea.

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