Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2017

It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since Galvanize opened their doors because they immediately became ingrained in the Austin startup and tech community. I first met Jim Deters , the founder of Galvanize, at a Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub network meeting in Chicago at 1871. RSVP below!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With free coffee and Internet, workspaces, and built-in community, coworking spaces provide a great place to get things done without feeling the isolation of working at home, or trying to overcome the frenetic nature of working in a coffee shop. Ignition Alley.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2015

Encourage comments to build a sense of community, create engagement by posting polls, and optimize each post using keywords. Social media should be seen as a necessity these days , and it is a great way for startups to build a community from day one. Most importantly, post regularly.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

I’m glad I did – the conversation with John was stimulating. If you disagree with any, or have any to add, please toss them in the comments as I evolve this as a list of “ways government can help startup communities.” So I decided to create an outline of the policies and the recommendations. They follow.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Something new for the Chicago tech community – crowdspring.co/1bXLS29. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Want to succeed?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2011

Built in Chicago – a Movement, a Mission, a Community - [link]. How Images Improve—or Destroy—Conversion Rates - [link]. Small businesses err when cutting employee benefits – this impacts employee loyalty - [link]. 8 ways to get advice and inspiration for your startup idea - [link]. 70% of U.S.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As a teenager I moved away from Texas to Chicago to put myself through school and find opportunity outside of South Texas. More importantly I want to share what I have learned, my expertise, and the opportunity I had back to the Austin tech and startup community. I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2018

Aristotle Loumis was born in Greece and grew up in Chicago, one of 8 children raised by a single parent. Aristotle still splits time between, Greece, Iowa, and Chicago, and refers to himself as “Greek born, city raised, and corn fed.” To date, our community has built 40 new homes in Nicaragua for families living in slum conditions.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. I’m going to assume that your funding conversations here were a bit different than your last startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. JJ’s List.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2020

To tackle these issue in Chicago, I participate in networking groups and events that primarily attract men, such as CEO Roundtable, to represent successful businesswomen, create awareness to men in being allies to women in their respective roles, and to open the opportunity for other women to join like groups. Tell us in the comments below.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Certain Chicago post offices were staying open until midnight for the taxtime procrastinators. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm. I constantly — I mean constantly — use the word Epic in conversations and social media postings.

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Actionable Analysis Analyzing Customer Data Conversion & ROI ROI Marketing Verifying Business Value. Social Media Community Management Social Commerce Social Integration Social Media Smarts. Adding to this pressure, social media conversion rates are low relative to other marketing strategies. SES Chicago. SES London.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

However, as we got involved in issues like clean drinking water, we realized we’re missing a big opportunity to rally communities around us. Goal: tap into power of developers to solve community problems. Follow us and join the conversation. Some people in Chicago were starting a company that rhymes with “coupon” at the time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

She had this crazy idea that someone who had actually worked on the site, might provide value and insight to the community that we couldn’t give ourselves. Well, Audree was right – from her first days as our Community Liaison, she has provided help, comfort, advice and expertise to both Creatives and Buyers on the site.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2017

based accelerators identified across the country, universities are embedding these programs into local communities. . Ideas, talent, capital and a culture of open collaboration are resources that are vital to start-up communities and are the bases of that entrepreneurial ecosystem of an accelerator. With more than 172 U.S-based

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Would we be having the conversation? From Mike Ditka, Hall-of-Fame coach of the Chicago Bears, in typical bullying form : “If they don’t like the country, if they don’t like our flag, get the hell out. If we want to have a real conversation about race in America kicking it off through sports is perhaps the best wedge.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Story Behind My Chicago Start-Up: What Worked and What Didn’t - [link]. Focus On Conversions, Not Just On Site Traffic – [link]. Conversations About The Future Of Advertising with @edwardboches - [link]. Good startup lessons shared by @robjohnson & joshfraser (founders) about EventVue failure - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

Thanks to thousands of donations, the people who are dedicated to feeding their communities have the opportunity to serve their food to the people providing critical healthcare. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google , or wherever you like to download podcasts. You can't go to Spirit Rock or Green College.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

The image above is from an outstanding collection of black and white photographs taken by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work was discovered at an auction in Chicago. One-way, outbound, non-conversational messages still work – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. They were gracious in the conversation yet declined?—?at

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

We’ve had billion dollar exists in Chicago, Baltimore, London, San Francisco and Los Angeles an well as enormous winners also in New York and Las Vegas. We’ve made investments in our community in LA to renting out movie theaters and screening films on gender bias and chairing discussions about how to improve the work environment in startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It has been freakin cold and snowy here in Chicago the past couple of weeks, so I thought I’d share this beautiful video of our beautiful city in winter. Invercote is using @crowdSPRING to challenge the global design community to improve existing consumer #packaging [link]. Design to Inspire (Infographic) crowdspring.co/18G8Zip.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 11, 2019

This a no-strings-attached conversation that you have to gather information and—in this case, confidence—quickly. For example, we recently acquired new corner office space in downtown Chicago. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #8- Do two to three background interviews first. Photo Credit: Wendy Toth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Freemium Pricing for SaaS: Optimizing Paid Conversion Upgrades – [link]. Take a Tour of 1871, a New 50,000 sq-ft Coworking Space in Chicago – [link]. Why Instagram Won’t Be the Last Billion Dollar App – [link]. Has the term “innovation” lost its meaning? – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link]. helping Twitter-enable Charlie Sheen for a direct-to-fan conversation – [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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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Sustainable Tires for Electric Vehicles , London, England Migo , Seattle, WA Smart B/L , Ljubljana, Slovenia Alternates: Delfast, Dover, DE Kaizen Health , Chicago, IL Millebot, Inc. Orlando, FL Click here to browse the full lineup of startups for SXSW Pitch 2019.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2022

You’ll likely find that users who use search have a higher conversion rate —searchers have intent and know what they’re looking for.). Spool continued: A major retailer launched a $100M redesign and saw conversion drop 20%. Post a comment in the CXL community ! People spend most of their time on other websites.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minteds community votes to tell us what to sell. However, we needed a head of engineering to recruit and lead a larger team to accomplish our larger goals.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

He also didn’t believe in supporting the community and supporting local organizations through our skills. More importantly, we continue to help the community through pro-bono projects, supporting non-profits and charitable campaigns, and giving back where and when we can. That exit conversation was memorable.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 10, 2017

Conversely, a mentor is more industry specific. Contributed by Martha Carney, Executive Director of the Chicago area North Central College, Converge Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. A good coach may have resources to help benchmark your business operations against other similar businesses in the same industry.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

This results in more relevant traffic to their sites and higher rankings within search results which can substantially decrease bounce rates and increase conversions. Here are a few examples of keywords: Short-tail keywords – Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Content Creation (usually one or two words, not very targeted).

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So yeah, let's have *that* conversation. If you're wondering about how I wound up in a Chicago based company, leave it to a couple of MIT guys to figure out a loophole in the NYC-only focus of my fund. The Chicago startup community better help these guys--consider yourselves on notice!! No risk, no return.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

There are 98 links on a travel site I am looking at right now, on the page for a hotel in Chicago. If you have not been exposed to statistics perhaps you can take a class at a local community college or university. 5 Identify two new micro-conversions and goal values for each. Count the number of links on your main pages.

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