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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Prior to joining Ocean Tomo, Mr. Geleerd was President and CEO of Terrapin Properties, LLC, one of Chicago’s leading real estate firms as well as one of Chicago’s largest and most active private companies. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design. They’re the place focused on design. They think design wins. By talking in this way, he can create a storyline that investors can say, “oh, Fab.com. ” We went the opposite way.

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Twitter Link Roundup #51 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship , small business , leadership, social media , marketing, and more! Old and New School Angel Investing Philosophies Clash in Chicago – [link]. Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources – [link].

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! Since both sets of my parents went through bankruptcy while I was a child, learning about how to manage money became almost an obsession of mine. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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Your backup plan is the reason you’re going to fail

Jeff Hilimire

Toward the end of our first year of business (our company was called NBN Designs at that point, and we built websites) we found ourselves in New Zealand pitching a company to build a massive web portal. Up until that point, our largest website project was a $250 project for my aunt in Chicago.

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The Art of Work with Jeff Goins [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I made a transition from working a day job, to starting an online business, then we started to double, and triple our income every year, really got to design the life that my wife and I, and members of our family wanted to live. How did you become a full-time writer? The problem with the model is that it failed.

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