Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

TechStars Chicago applications are now open. You didn’t know there was a TechStars Chicago? Last night I was in Chicago at 1871 , the amazing 50,000 square foot co-working space in the Chicago Merchandise Mart that has become the convening spot for the digital economy in Chicago and the home of Excelerate Labs.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They’ve developed over 50 partnerships, and are now launching a series of Connection Programs to introduce start-ups to some of America’s largest companies. Michael leads the Social Innovation team, which works with programs and grants. • Goal: tap into power of developers to solve community problems. are all working together.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. It looks like someone is actually pulling this together in a life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space in Chicago called MATTER. A new life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space.

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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 festival brings people together for a specific event, and the ICFB membership program continues the engagement year-round with a monthly membership that costs only $11/month.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Crowdfunding is a new way of funding startups and small businesses, and Chicago, Illinois-based Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) is getting into the act by starting its own crowdfunding platform SBAC Connects. ” .

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

Importantly, ServiceMaster Restoration By Simons supports and engages in the communities they serve by giving back. The entire company is regularly involved in fundraising and local activities in the Arts, Urban Agriculture, Youth Education, Domestic Violence Prevention and Minority-and-Women scholarships in graduate real estate programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. So I did that kind of stuff. It was all technical.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More than half of LGBTQ Americans surveyed in 2020 said they hid a personal relationship to avoid discrimination, according to a report by the Center for American Progress and NORC at the University of Chicago. In addition to the people represented by the LGBTQ community, racial inequality has also proven to be a destructive force.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness.

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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. #9 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Social Media Community Management Social Commerce Social Integration Social Media Smarts. Specifically, research by Shop.org, comScore, and The Partnering Group found that 70 percent of consumers click through on a retail blog to the firms website and 68 percent of consumers use YouTube to browse and research products. SES Chicago.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago. It was about building a community, and people who show up to those things have a heightened interest in Meebo." Were going to be in Japan.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

At Kindred Bravely, we have two goals: creating maternity and nursing clothes that are beautiful, useful, and comfortable, and building a community of moms who support and encourage each other on the motherhood journey. Thanks to EdwardMarchewka, CHICAGO MetricsR ! #3- Phot credit: Dr. #9- Incorporate the word Community.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

I farmed out work to Wharton undergrads that were in the Management of Technology program. It was an ad supported virtual community. I had MIT, Harvard, Chicago, and other top-tier schools interested in buying it and Wharton actually using the solution (and they kept it for four years). One was my consulting firm.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

In 1M/1M premium, we do invest in certain companies on a revenue sharing basis and create channel partnerships with one or more of our partners. Seshu Madabushi, from Irving, Texas, pitched Desi Sauda , a Groupon-like service catering to the South Asian communities in the U.S. Desi Sauda. Thursday, October 27, Register Here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

These community-led experiences were so much fun -- and became a source of such serendipitous, fruitful connections -- that we’ve decided to iterate on the idea for the 2015 conference and make it a core part of our program. Register today to take advantage of our Spring sale prices. Prices increase on June 30th.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you’re walking down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, buying a sandwich at a bocadillo bar in Seville, or sitting on the beach in Bali, sometimes it feels like the two groups might as well be the Sharks and the Jets. Participating travelers are welcomed into the community with open arms and asked to participate as locals.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

At the event, there will be an interactive panel moderated by Trevor Boehm, Techstars Program Director and lead writer of “Get Backed,” a best-selling book on fundraising. 23: Chicago, IL?—? Entrepreneurs make connections with other entrepreneurs, mentors, corporate partners, and investors who will help their company succeed.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. The nine teams we have people in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin and Atlanta. Early on in thinking about the program I e-mailed a friend to get his feedback.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Results will happen, when you continue with the program for a period of time. When I create a PR program for them, I am supporting their business objectives. The reason why I focus on these tactics is because these are usually the core of every program that I do for my clients, who are primarily small businesses throughout the country.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

John Jantsch: For national companies trying to infiltrate the local market the community organizations may be the best and last frontier. Are you able in a sort of platform approach if you will, are you able to kind of really go deep enough to know who the two players are that you’re partnering?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) That’s massive.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This recent Harvard Business Review cover story, for example, cites lawsuits against big banks in the 1990’s as the impetus for diversity programs in the workplace. To combat this issue, the Internet search giant is investing hundreds of millions of dollars per year on diversity programs.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 11, 2015

She’s the author of Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs , one of the Best Chicago Marketing Speakers in 2014, a co-host of the entertaining business podcast, Breaking Down Your Business ,host of the Tip Top Tips for Entrepreneurs video series, gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, and most recently was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. I came up with the name Excel Global Partners for my corporate consulting firm because of the vision I had for the company. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 4, 2016

She is CEO and Principal of the New Vision CPA Group, a public accounting firm based in the Chicago area. She is also an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College and a contributing member of the Intuit Trainer Writer Network. Corporate Partners. Also offers an adviser program for CPAs, bookkeepers and business coaches.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

We been managing the field by plan more than 75 enterprise customers and channel partners. ’ But I’m still looking for how to have conversations in the community about not having to go for funding, that you can go for revenue, and how it changes the dynamic of the team when you go for revenue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

Ryan Sarver was a partner at venture capital firm Redpoint. 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. Frontline Foods has now partnered with World Central Kitchen.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

And just to prove that it wasn’t all fun, this is me in Chicago basically doing some work. I had about 500 members join the first program, and grew it to 1,000 members, and that’s why I can quote those numbers basically. It’s just a forum, that’s all this is, a community forum with lots of people sharing an interest.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Brands that will stand-out in 2016 will leverage the power of the community and create a strong ROI based on measurable data-backed decisions. Ayelet Golz , Social media and community management specialist, Mack Web. Ayelet Golz is the Social Media & Community Management Strategist at Mack Web , a purpose-driven marketing team.

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