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OCTOBER 3, 2014

5 basic legal considerations for startups | Chicago Tribune – crowdspring.co/1na3gI5. Why startups fail, according to their founders – crowdspring.co/1roF9DZ. Why Founders Shouldn’t Delegate Support Too Early – crowdspring.co/1rNFrpz. Crowdsourcing: the great advertising agency debate – crowdspring.co/1BeP9SE.

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MAY 30, 2014

How much do Y Combinator founders earn? A tech bubble: What Chicago entrepreneurs think | Blue Sky Innovation – crowdspring.co/1lJaw6B. What are the best Craigslist advertisements of all time? On How To Turn Impossible Ideas Into Successful Businesses | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1k0Nexi.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Salaries Startup Founders Pay Themselves | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1nHU2OK. Foreign Startup Founders Face Unique Struggles To Break Funding Barrier | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1mJ9Pjd. Chicago is the funniest city in the U.S. (we The Ultimate List of Customer Development Questions – crowdspring.co/1nHT6tS.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. Something new for the Chicago tech community – crowdspring.co/1bXLS29.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Founders Becomes An Overnight Must-attend, As Europe’s Startup Circuit Accelerates – [link]. Chicago Sun Times writes about crowdSPING’s 2010 Chicago Innovation Award – [link]. Go Ahead, Raise Your Business’s Prices – [link]. How to identify the customers that matter – [link].

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JUNE 1, 2011

Study shows Chicago lacks strong tech investor base – [link]. Good post by @micah about the need for startup founders to think about their health/well-being – [link]. Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K – [link]. Do ad agencies struggle with social?

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money | Built In Chicago - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Why Chicago is One of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs | @ Technori – [link]. You Can’t Add Value If You Don’t Have Values | Built In Chicago – [link]. Fighting among co-founders is healthy- [link]. Gap Moves Away From Global AOR Agency Model | Advertising Age – [link]. ” – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Tom La Vecchia, X Factor Media ! #2

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do I find good technical co-founders? Good (short) video interview with Kevin Willer about the value 1871 Chicago offers entrepreneurs – [link]. Teaching the Support team how to fish | by Mig Reyes of 37signals – [link]. How to Beat Your Competition by Innovating in Ways They Can’t Copy | Forbes – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

For Pushpins’ founders, one of the hardest parts of selling to corporate decision-makers was convincing them that using Pushpins would not cost them their jobs. You can also try to build an initial following by leveraging public relations (PR). The founders warned of expecting a PR firm to be a magic bullet.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The above ad from Apple in the 1984 Super Bowl helped make Super Bowl advertising must-see TV and redefined how companies leverage the Super Bowl to promote their products. Obvious but Hard Lessons in Small Business Advertising – [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link].

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Brandanew

AUGUST 1, 2016

Show Guest : Nick Brennan is the Founder & CEO of Watch Social Media , a social media marketing firm based in Chicago, IL. Nick started WSM after working in sales and marketing for tech, public relations and consulting firms throughout the Midwest. Credits of the show/ music : www.purple-planet.com.

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APRIL 11, 2014

The image above shows a typical rush hour in Chicago in 1909. While struggling to build companies, some founders also quietly battle depression | BetaBoston – crowdspring.co/1mUNP1y. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. 1mZymNH. . 1giJLaD.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

The difference between being a founder and a hired CEO – [link]. Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Required reading for startup founders – [link]. Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves – [link]. Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves – [link].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The Founders Guide to Surviving Startup Life – crowdspring.co/1eYfYis. Startup founder salaries: Younger, more inexperienced entrepreneurs pay themselves less | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1f87xE1. Why Chicago needs to stop playing by Silicon Valley’s rules | by Adrian Holovaty – crowdspring.co/1f87594.

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MAY 8, 2015

Why a Billion Dollar Startup Just Sold for $15 Million (and What Founders Can Learn From It) buff.ly/1GMqXJO. How to Make a Dent in “The Women Problem” in Chicago – buff.ly/1FKFUQy. Mixed Signals: Why People Misunderstand Each Other – buff.ly/1R9NZm4. Inside Google’s Insanely Popular Emotional-Intelligence Course bit.ly/1cRpmuK.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox – [link]. FindIt and the appetite for risk among Chicago investors (or lack thereof) | PandoDaily – [link]. The weird world of vintage advertising | Desizn World – [link]. Creative Advertising Posters 2013 | Graphic Design Magazine – [link].

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MARCH 16, 2012

A Start-Up Ecosystem Forms in Chicago – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link]. A Big Idea: Y Combinator Now Lets Founders Apply Without… An Idea – [link]. Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – [link]. Why I left Google – [link]. Name dropping!

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Startup fever grips Chicago companies, from Blues to law firms – [link]. Good points about need for startup founders to have friends, not just mentors – [link]. Is Three Founders One Too Many? Advertising is Dying. What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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JANUARY 4, 2013

10 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Three Months As a Founder (by @lenkendall) | @Technori – [link]. Funding startups that rely on advertising (by @bijan) – [link]. Lightbank Aims To Change The VC Game As It Expands Its Investments Beyond Chicago | TechCrunch – [link]. ” | by @fraying – [link].

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Co-Founder, Micah Baldwin – [link]. Good startup lessons shared by @robjohnson & joshfraser (founders) about EventVue failure - [link]. Good startup lessons shared by @robjohnson & joshfraser (founders) about EventVue failure - [link]. The Story Behind My Chicago Start-Up: What Worked and What Didn’t - [link].

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Old and New School Angel Investing Philosophies Clash in Chicago – [link]. Speaking of tattoos – Interview with @micah , CEO & co-founder of Graphic.ly – [link]. What does advertising do? - [link]. Retro inspiration: Vintage Advertisement Of Modern Technology – [link]. – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Startups in Chicago check out this new Q&A site – Chicago Founders – [link]. Advertising Ideas and Examples to Inspire You – [link]. Drive-By Advertising: Then and Now – [link]. Advertising Ideas and Examples to Inspire You – [link]. 2) – [link].

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APRIL 10, 2015

From Chicago’s 1871: Howard Tullman’s heavily caffeinated life crowdspring.co/1EAvVe5. Toms Founder: 3 Killer Advantages of Social Impact Businesses bit.ly/1DQjFZq. Catching Up with Basecamp Founder Jason Fried crowdspring.co/1xWv9mH. FAIL ACADEMY: Top Reasons Startups Fail bit.ly/1HuK3t2. crowdspring.co/1CRS61O.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. As I looked at my competition it felt as though each advertising law firm created advertisements that seemed very self-centered. Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Here’s the Advice I Give All of Our First Time Founders | First Round – buff.ly/1xrEwJt. 50 Chicago tech CEOs, founders, designers & hackers you should follow on Twitter: tinyurl.com/q85zsa7. Maynard Webb, Yahoo’s Chairman: Even the Best Teams Can Be Better crowdspring.co/1AsM3xs.

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JANUARY 30, 2015

Ten Things We Believe — Founder Stories — Medium crowdspring.co/15gmGDl. From 0 to $1B – Slack’s Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy – buff.ly/1Dlr4vQ. Explore Chicago’s Architecture Gems Through New Database | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1D6RNfw.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Warby Parker Co-Founder: Creating A Strong Brand Without Marketing | PSFK – [link]. VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Linkedin Founder Reid Hoffman’s Advice for Entrepreneurs | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. The disruptive potential of native advertising | by Felix Salmon – [link].

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Model Equity Calculator for Founders with Option Pool Expansion – crowdspring.co/1fwUdsA. If you can’t make it [as an entrepreneur] in Chicago, the problem might be your idea – crowdspring.co/1i5CnPy. How Content Marketing Can Help Grow Your Business in 2014 – crowdspring.co/1gNMc5E.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Is Three Founders One Too Many? - [link]. Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – [link]. Why Facebook is failing as an advertiser - [link]. Creative Ads: A Collection of 40 Amazing Print Advertisements – [link]. 20 Creative Examples of Bench Advertising – [link].

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JUNE 22, 2012

Lessons Learned After Year One As a Startup Founder – [link]. How To Make A Splash In A Sea Of Startups: Tips From Chicago’s Top Accelerator and VC – [link]. One of the nation’s top venture capitalists talks Chicago – [link]. Making money with a product: a myth? – [link]. – [link].

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The Tech Scene in Chicago is Blooming – [link]. Four traits of successful non-technical solo founders | QUIBB – [link]. Print Publications Combined [CHART] – [link]. Microsoft’s Big Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Built-In Advertising | HotHardware – [link]. . | Vlaskovits – [link].

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MARCH 30, 2012

5 Key Talents of Successful Startup Founders – [link]. Digital advertising is broken – [link]. Interesting perspective on truthiness in advertising – [link]. Will CPE (Cost Per Engagement) advertising ever take off? Google spending big money on traditional advertising – [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This is why I loathe interviews – way too many idiots advertising for programmers out there. Don’t forget NASA, National Research/Technology Laboratories, Boeing, US Defense dept, many of the top technology Universities like MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, etc, etc, fall in same usage categories.

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MAY 18, 2012

Events for women programmers in Chicago – [link]. Startup Swingers: Swapping Founders to Generate Fresh Ideas – [link]. Advertising People Are The New Advertising Medium – [link]. Are Those Little Sharing Buttons the Future of Online Advertising? GM to stop advertising on Facebook – [link].

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