crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link]. An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Keeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010 - [link]. Top 15 New Social Media Apps of 2010 – [link]. The Top 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2011

Study shows Chicago lacks strong tech investor base – [link]. Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K – [link]. The 2010 Darwin Awards – [link]. Thinking about selling your small business or startup? Here are five 5 tips for a safe exit – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

We’re partial to Chicago. Chicago is home to many successful startups, including crowdspring, Chicago boasts a thriving startup scene, an incredible 10 times a return on investment, and pretty outstanding hot dogs. Beyond Chicago, there are many other great cities in the US for startups and entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. Chicago has even produced one of the most talked about companies in recent times: Groupon. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Over the last few years, however, several geographies have come up.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average. Seattle has been among the fastest-growing cities in the United States since 2010, and its population is expected to increase by an additional 200,000 over the next 20 years. This creates a powerful long-term dynamic.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Next Chris Ruder from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Spikeball , a new volleyball-esque game that is being played at camps and college campuses. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Chicago Sun Times writes about crowdSPING’s 2010 Chicago Innovation Award – [link]. Understanding Customer Experience – [link]. 10 Must Follow Tips for Effective Writing – [link]. The Mad Men Guide to Changing the World with Words – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

With temperature highs steadying at a cool and comfy 100 degrees this week in Chicago, it’s too hot to bother with lengthy, clever intros. With an idea for a web-based hiring platform that catered to small businesses, he parterned with Michael Krasman and Jeff Ellman in 2010. Currently, 120 companies have used Hireology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

We’re partial to Chicago. Chicago is home to many successful startups, including crowdspring, Chicago boasts a thriving startup scene, an incredible 10 times a return on investment, and pretty outstanding hot dogs. Beyond Chicago, there are many other great cities in the US for startups and entrepreneurs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Amazing lean startup resources A year ago, there was no lean startup movement. Some of the most active: SF , New York , DC , Chicago - but there are many more listed here. Some of the most active: SF , New York , DC , Chicago - but there are many more listed here.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Nicole Price of the Chicago-based International Center for Breathwork. The Breathing Festival and the ICFB are my first global partnerships but I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2010 when I started my Around Chicago LIVE!

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We The fact that Citizen Made has earned funding is also rare: in 2010, just one percent of venture-funded startups were founded by black people. technology jobs were held by women in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London. But as LA as a tech community grew massively the percentage of our LA deals went from 15% to 50% from 1996 to 2010 and it has remained solid since then.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

With commercial office space in Chicago renting at around $20/sf that is an annual expense of $4,360 per employee and that doesn’t count the cost of the desk, the chair, and the various other furniture and office supplies each worker requires! Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! Form 1099-misc: U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

They quickly went into production at Sylvania Electronic Defense Labs down the street in Mountain View and Hallicrafters in Chicago. Later versions would be built by numerous industry contractors and installed on the fleet of ELINT planes orbiting the Soviet Union.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link]. World Cup Football Designs (1930 – 2010) – Balls – [link]. How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps – [link]. Good post about why you should not force-sell customers when they first visit – [link].

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2017

The rising prominence of Omaha’s startup scene feels similar to the excited vibes coming out of Chicago five or ten years ago, when Chicago was on its way to becoming one of the premier destinations for venture capital. In risk-averse Omaha, this ability to prove market relevance will be a huge boon to startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

I remember thinking then how much better it was than Chicago, where I'd spent the previous 8 years. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

A few years ago, one Saturday afternoon, my car broke down in the middle of Chicago. payments company based out of Chicago. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! Stranded—and unwilling to leave my car parked on an expressway overnight—I had the car towed to the only shop still open for the day.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 3, 2011

In case you missed it, Groupon, founded by a University of Chicago Public Policy grad student, Andrew Mason, brought in more than $760 million in revenue in 2010. saw its revenue surge to $760 million last year from $33 million the previous year, with more than a third of its 2010 sales coming from outside the U.S.,

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David Cohen

JULY 28, 2019

Brad Feld and I just released the Second Edition of our book, “Do More Faster” Originally published in 2010, we’ve updated the book to bring the lessons we’ve learned about accelerating early stage startups into even sharper focus. DMF2e on display at B&N in Chicago. Enjoy the book!

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The dye has been cast on my career, but my business school alma mater, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has, for the third consecutive time, been ranked the best business school in the US (and by default, the world) by BusinessWeek ! Here are the top 10 from the 2010. 1) Chicago (Booth). Now down to business.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. Chicago) through the Lean LaunchPad process. Here’s the story from Andre Marquis, Executive Director of Berkeley’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2016

I work with best-selling author Melissa G Wilson, a Chicago publisher, to produce books for Fortune 500 companies and CEOs. But I also have a passion for helping the homeless, because I was homeless until I started my business in 2010, a year after my TED talk about being homeless. “I have a small ghostwriting business.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

1 comment… read it below or add one } John Guidos August 27, 2010 at 7:55 pm I want to be your legal counsel. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. Where do I sign up? JG Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } ??????????????

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. “At With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Americas 10 Least Stressed States: Gallup-Healthways Comments 2 Pending Comments 0 View FAQ Comments are closed for this entry View All Recency | Popularity erickennedy 3 Fans Follow 07:05 PM on 11/30/2010 Great advice, Mariam. Drupal worked for both of us for a while, but there are now better alternativ ­es: [link] ­ckennedy.o ­rg/Drupal-

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I had a great conversation about this recently with the president of a bank here in Chicago, and he shared an insight that resonated. Related posts: 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version). Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

Source: New York Times Opinion article, Inventing Our Way Out of Joblessness by Hank Nothaft and Paul Michel, August 5, 2010 ). Kaplan of the University of Chicago Business School and Professor Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School. (vi) Microsft, Apple, Google, Cisco—have been funded by venture capital.”.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2010

I’m heading to Chicago early tomorrow morning to participate in a two day event around this years Excelerate program. Monday is Angel Excelerator 2010 and Tuesday is the Excelerate Demo / Investor Day. There are plenty of smart people in Chicago – I look forward to spending a couple of days hanging out with some of them.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2010

As week two of the Do More Faster book tour winds down (with a full day at MSNerd doing the 2010 version of ADPrentice with Sameer Gandhi from Accel Partners and Mark Siegel from Menlo Ventures), I’m starting to feel like Caine from Kung Fu. Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear? Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 - Founder Institute, Incorporated - All rights reserved. Globalizing Silicon Valley - See the Worldwide Schedule - Lead a Local Chapter. -->. Choose a city closest to you. Alexandria. Ho Chi Minh City. Johannesburg. Kuala Lumpur. Los Angeles. Mexico City. Terms of Use |. Privacy Policy |. Feedback Form.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2017

Women’s presence in the workplace has reduced by 5% from 1990 to 2010. Currently in Silicon Valley, Chicago, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, ReBoot Accel has helped over 600 women gain confidence, reset goals, and learn new skills – 82% of whom have landed jobs. Though the U.S.

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The Next Web

JUNE 23, 2012

Neither Steve Huffman or I knew much about the travel business when we started Hipmunk together in June 2010. Fast forward a month to July 2010. Shattering Startup Illusions. We were wrong on both counts. I received an email reply—two months later—with a ten-page form for me to fill out. Once we launched, everything changed.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

To Laurel Delaney, founder and president of Chicago-based GlobeTrade.com and creator of T he Global Small Business Blog that’s like asking, “Are you really going to turn down the opportunity to go skydiving because you don’t know what precautions to take when diving out of a plane?”. Lead image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 3, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 3, 2010 Six streaming locations Cant travel to San Francisco for the Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23, but still want to participate? Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Hope to see you on April 23.

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