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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. Chicago can be better than Silicon Valley (when it comes to promoting women entrepreneurs) | by Sharon Schneider - crowdspring.co/18J09d4. … Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation | TechCrunch - crowdspring.co/1gZjkaE. Forbes - crowdspring.co/188qNBM.

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MAY 9, 2014

The image above is an interesting project from Strava, showing a heatmat of bike paths in the Chicago area. Here’s a link to the Chicago map, but you can easily navigate to another geographic area. Unfortunately, SaaS Start-Up Valuations Are About To Fall by 50% | saastr – crowdspring.co/1j3n4bO.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

VC valuation spreadsheet – [link]. The Best 40 Beer Print Advertisements – [link]. The Best 40 Beer Print Advertisements – [link]. A quarter of all Chicago-area mortgages underwater – [link]. John Sculley on Steve Jobs and the Experience of a Lifetime – [link]. Are You Up For a Second Job?

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JANUARY 5, 2011

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation – [link]. Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – [link]. HOW TO: Attract Early Adopters to Your Social Startup – [link]. Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link].

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MARCH 13, 2014

Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? “Chicago’s venture funding performance is improving [but] Chicago is still trailing several major metro areas.” It takes 3 years [before you know if your startup can be a real business] – crowdspring.co/1kK2ZJ8. ReadWrite – crowdspring.co/1ekm5xR.

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MAY 8, 2015

How to Make a Dent in “The Women Problem” in Chicago – buff.ly/1FKFUQy. Valuation As A Scorecard – buff.ly/1F0CUyC. Twitter’s multibillion-dollar mistake happened five years ago – buff.ly/1PlkslT. Inside Google’s Insanely Popular Emotional-Intelligence Course bit.ly/1cRpmuK. 1PYXpiM.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. Digital advertising is broken – [link]. Interesting perspective on truthiness in advertising – [link]. Will CPE (Cost Per Engagement) advertising ever take off? Is Pinterest the next Facebook?

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