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InerTRAIN Lets You Train on Your Time, Anywhere

Jeff Marinucci had a problem. He was (literally) a high flying team member at Motorola and was constantly jetting around the globe. He wanted to maintain a good workout schedule.

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Chicago Android Hosts Android OS 3rd Birthday Party Tonight

The Google Android Mobile Platform Turns 3 Years in November 2010. It has been three years since Google launched the Android mobile platform. Android is a mobile operating system initially.

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BNC Tech Pitch Tonight at Chicago Syncubator

Tonight BNC (Business network Chicago) is holding the latest installment of its Tech Pitch sessions. It will be held at the Chicago Sync Center, 322 S. Green St. Event Details.

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The Teams of Startup Weekend Chicago

Startup Weekend Chicago was a great success. Over 56 hours teams developed 12 unique business ideas and presented them to the judges at the Illinois Technology Association While all the.

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Becoming More Efficient At Making Stuff People Want – With Brad Flora, Founder of WindyCitizen.com

Upon first glance, Brad Flora’s local Chicago news site WindyCitizen.com appears to be running on the traditional advertising model. But a closer look reveals the ads aren’t just regular banner ads; they’re real time ads, created by Brad himself.

I sat down with Brad to learn how he bootstrapped WindyCitizen into a profitable business and has now spun off his real time advertising idea into a new business called NowSpots.

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GrubHub Secures $11 Million in Investment Led by Benchmark Capital

There are more than 300,000 delivery and takeout restaurants in the country and on average, GrubHub users order out at least ten times a month. With more people now searching for restaurants and ordering food on the Internet and through their smart devices, the opportunity for continued growth is substantial for GrubHub.

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Chicago Ignite: 14 Speakers, 5 Minutes ea. + Pizza = Great Event

by Stella Fayman What do you get when you combine 14 speakers with interesting ideas, 20 pizzas, one stage, 100 audience members, and a limit of 5 minutes and 20.

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How Allie Osmar Siarto Grew A Photography Hobby Into A Profitable Business

After leaving the agency world almost a year ago, Allie Osmar Siarto formed a digital measurement and research firm called Loudpixel with her fiancé and their friend. Since then, she’s gradually been devoting more of her creative energy to her lifelong hobby of photography.

I sat down with Allie to learn why she became a creative entrepreneur to begin with and more specifically, how she grew her photography hobby into a profitable business.

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Why VisibleVote.Us Will Determine How You Vote Tomorrow & Beyond

Chicago-based Visible Vote is a free application created to empower Facebook, iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android and Windows users to advise congress on how to vote on the major upcoming legislation, follow current events, understand their legislators voting records, and compare the records with their own personal belief systems

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Landing Fortune 500 Clients, Increasing Revenue 600% – With Mari Luangrath of Foiled Cupcakes

Since starting Foiled Cupcakes a little over a year ago, Mari Luangrath’s online cupcake delivery company has achieved a 600% increase in revenue and worked with over 100 Fortune 500 companies in the Chicagoland area.

Watch my video interview with Mari to find out what techniques she used to increase revenue and land such high profile clients!

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