Entrepreneurship In A New Chicago Era

For the first time, at least since I was in diapers, we have a new mayor in Chicago.  It’s too soon to tell exactly what this will mean for the.

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From Interviewing JK Rowling To Inspiring Millions Every Month

Emerson Spartz is the founder of Spartz Inc., a network of websites including OMG Facts, MuggleNet, and GivesMeHope that reach millions of people every month. Emerson’s Harry Potter fan site.

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From Managing A $96 Million Budget To Improving Social Travel

Brittany Laughlin is the co-founder of gtrot, a website improving social travel. Before narrowing down her interests to travel and tech, Brittany worked for American Express managing a team and.

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From Urban Design To Dabbling In New Business

Jessica Lybeck is the co-founder of Dabble, a new site allowing anybody to teach a class and anybody to dabble in new activities. Before Dabble, Jessica co-founded a small business marketing firm and before that was an urban designer working on 50-year plans for colleges.

I interviewed Jessica to learn about dabble, her journey as an entrepreneur, and what sorts of things urban designers do (cool stuff!).

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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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QRazy Panda Hosts Beta Happy Hour This Friday, April 29th

This Friday, Chicago entrepreneur Salvador Serrano is soft launching his new startup, QRazy Panda this Friday at Casey Morans in Wrigleyville. Without stealing too much of his thunder before the.

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