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Why Entrepreneurs Hate Wantrepreneurs

Ok everyone, I’ll admit it. I used to be a wantrepreneur. A wantrepreneur is someone who attends all of the startup events, meetups, and participates in online discussions about entrepreneurship without actually being an entrepreneur.

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Sick Of Election Results? Track Legislation Instead With TrakBill

A new startup called TrakBill is a search engine that will provide all of the information that both citizens and lobbyists need to know to track the legislative action around specific issues like education.

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Evtron’s CEO On Facebook Acquisition Rumors

Today is one of those days I get to have a laugh at mainstream media (it happens often). Consider Evtron: Techli first reported on Evtron here: 19 Year Old Wunderkind.

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How A Startup Can Change The Election

Raising money via Twitter is attractive to a candidate rather than other fundraising options because political fundraising is about convincing your friends, family and like minded people to invest in an idea and a person.

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Onshore Outsourcing Fights The “Walmart Effect” In Rural America

Onshore Outsourcing’s mission is to prevent foreign outsourcing by encouraging companies to outsource jobs to rural areas where jobs are needed the most.

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Elephrame: An Ideas Network Grows In Chicago

Originally launched as an “encyclopedia of ideas” in January of last year, Elephrame has since become a space online where users can voice their opinions and delve into the world views of others on any topic.

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TruPulse Turns Any Flat Surface Into Speaker

Through the power of vibration, the TruPulse speaker can make make glass, wood, plasterboard, and many other resonation-capable surfaces sing.

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Shiftgig Raises $3M Series A

This week Shiftgig, headquartered at the Catapult coworking space in Chicago’s River North community, announced that it has just closed a series A round of funding.

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Talk Back to Advertisers With AdYapper

Have you ever noticed an ad that either rocked or annoyed you so much that you wanted to talk to the brand directly about it? Turns out, you’re not alone. If you’ve ever watched the SuperBowl, you know that spectators get just as excited about the ads as they do about the football game. The next day the internet blows up with conversation about the ads. AdYapper is a new platform that lets you talk to brands and agencies about their ads recently launched to the public.

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Curalate’s ‘Promote’ Quadruples Followers In Pinterest Sweepstakes

Curalate, the first marketing platform for the visual web, is announcing the success of the company’s Promote tool, which recently helped Carnival Cruise Lines quadruple followers during an 11-day promotion on Pinterest.

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