YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. Law firms that focus on emerging technology companies understand their legal issues from multiple perspectives and offer excellent advice. Debt also has a due date and interest rate to negotiate.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. The city is renowned as a center for tech entrepreneurship.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

The Fundamental Challenge of Your Startup’s First Hire: Leading and Learning at the Same Time – [link]. Chicago’s most active entrepreneurial networking groups | Crain’s Chicago Business – [link]. Always interesting to see Gartner’s Hype Cycle for emerging technologies.

Social Media 94

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Stop whining and start hiring remote workers – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link].

Social Media 92

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The program provides aspiring entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. Many of his thoughts are reflected in the following article: In the tech world, many new entrepreneurs have never before held leadership positions. Leadership vs. Authority. ” said Bosworth.

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Entrepreneur Leadership Early Stage Technical Review 100

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? Livescribe Notebooks by Moleskine marry analog and digital technology – crowdspring.co/1lYTFTX.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

You can subscribe to Smart Bear Live on iTunes (please review the podcast as well!) … and if you’d like to appear on a future episode of Smart Bear Live, send an email to Patrick.Foley@microsoft.com to schedule a recording with Jason. And please tweet your thanks to Software Promotions for sponsoring Smart Bear Live! Jason: Right.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

29 Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew – [link]. Why Chicago is the Best Place to Start a Digital Startup - [link]. desperation for software talent has moved even small and midsize tech companies to make acqui-hires.” – [link]. 60 Outstanding Sets of Photoshop Tech Brushes – [link].

Social Media 92

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

With temperature highs steadying at a cool and comfy 100 degrees this week in Chicago, it’s too hot to bother with lengthy, clever intros. Hiring new employees can be tricky– both Mike and Ross have covered this topic extensively in the past. Hireology is a web-based platform that helps you make the better hiring decisions.

Small Business 67

Small Business Chicago Technical Review Hiring 67

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2015

Examples of largely crowd-sourced companies are virtual-reality innovators Oculus Rift and wearable-tech company Smart Watch; both are highly successful examples, and video games and movies are among the most-funded projects. Logo design, app development, and web design are all very common tasks outsourced through the sharing economy.

Small Business 60

Small Business North America Los Angeles Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Develop a brand board and brand guidelines. If your business sells handmade soy candles at farmers markets across Chicago, is a giant brand like Yankee Candle really your competitor? By developing a memorable and consistent brand, you can influence the attributes that people associate with your business.

Software Review 62

Software Review Social Media Technical Review Audience 62

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Jobseekers, therefore, need help cleaning up their social media profiles so that objectionable material does not find its way to these background check scenarios, disrupting their chances of getting hired. I like these two strategies.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2011

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast – [link]. Study shows Chicago lacks strong tech investor base – [link]. Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K – [link]. Thinking about selling your small business or startup? Do ad agencies struggle with social?

Social Media 87

Social Media Small Business Design Media 87

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. The city is renowned as a center for tech entrepreneurship.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Why Good-Better-Best Prices Are So Effective | Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link]. How do I find good technical co-founders? Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. Good (short) video interview with Kevin Willer about the value 1871 Chicago offers entrepreneurs – [link].

Social Media 107

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. The perfect competitors are the ones where they unable to respond due to The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. 3 specific issues: 1.

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Recent economic events, technological change, and the rapid diffusion of information about the old models have combined to help us all realize just how important entrepreneurship is - and just how little we really know about it. Some of the most active: SF , New York , DC , Chicago - but there are many more listed here.

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Lean San Francisco Wiki Startup 146

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We brought in business, so we needed to hire quickly, and we brought in some people who were excellent, and actually some who were amazing, and then some who weren't so good. But I think finding, developing and retaining great people is the hardest part of every business.

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Venezuela Cofounder Finance Global 74

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Huge Technical Visio n. Larry always had a 10-year technical vision that he could draw on the whiteboard or spin like a yarn. It wasn’t always perfect, but it was way more right than wrong, It informed our product development to a great degree and kept us working on more or less the right stuff. Hired the Smartest People.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review Database 334

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Well, it’s nice to say we have a kicker in Chicago now, isn’t it? But Dan being from Chicago, I knew I had to throw that in there. Has Google gotten so good at developing the content themselves that we need to write for the audience of, you know, eyeballs? Dan Gershenson: Yeah, yeah. John Jantsch: Absolutely.

Search 48

Search Technical Review Chicago Engineer 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

Social Media 93

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it – [link]. How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – [link]. 5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link]. Interesting thoughts from Wieden+Kennedy: Why We’re Not Hiring Creative Technologists – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Chess Lessons for Startups – [link].

Social Media 98

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

I founded SilkRoll in 2015, I spent 10 years developing my style and taste in fashion while working around the world as an investment banker. With a wealth of financial knowledge, I took a risk and became the CFO of a clean tech startup and eventually moved to San Francisco where my entire high end wardrobe became obsolete.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Investment Bankers PR Social Media 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

doing postdoctoral internships, supervised by faculty members or hired staff (many from Fred Terman’s WWII Electronic Warfare lab.) Many of the other staff in the applied program were full-time employees hired to work solely on these military programs. Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab.

Silicon Valley 144

Silicon Valley RSS California Government 144

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Business Development for Early Stage Startups – [link]. How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – [link]. Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – [link]. Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R.

Social Media 92

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And do your customer development. Im also excited to share two long-form reviews from actual attendees. I remember thinking then how much better it was than Chicago, where I'd spent the previous 8 years. Technically you argue it goes back 30 years when StorageTek was founded.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and I bet you it's more than one bike if I had the gas. Since leaving GrubHub, he founded Fixer.com, an on-demand handyperson service focused on social impact.

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Founder Chicago Kansas Startup 82

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It is theorised that the growth in this sector will largely be due to an increase in air travel. If that accident goes beyond your insurance and ends up in the courtrooms; you are definitely going to need the best Chicago car accident lawyer in town. Don’t wait for it to happen, hire a car accident attorney on retainer.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Software Review Chicago Hiring 101

Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

It didn’t seem big enough for what I suspected I would soon be doing, which was hiring contractors to contribute to projects. Certain Chicago post offices were staying open until midnight for the taxtime procrastinators. Trees, flowers, and plants all symbolize growth, so there were a lot of names developed around those.

Naming 110

Naming Cofounder Wisconsin Entrepreneur 110

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 18, 2023

James is the principal of Employer Brand Labs in Chicago and is a born employer branding nerd whose mission is to create a million employer brand thinkers. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! The plumber you hire, they all have the same wrenches, they all have the same hammers. Like this show? Yeah, yeah.

Chicago 76

Chicago Hiring Conversion Audience 76

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2013

Hire the best people you can possibly find and treat them like people, not like interchangeable resources. Our developers are some of the best coders out there, but they’re also film buffs, foodies, musicians, gamers, and marathon runners. Many perfectly profitable businesses fail due to cashflow and capitalization issues.

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Entrepreneur Coder Cofounder Chicago 200

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

An awesome overview of the Chicago tech scene – crowdspring.co/1krnniz. Tech Angels Cross The $1Billion Mark In 2013 | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1fehao1. Amazon’s Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires – crowdspring.co/1fduDMI. New research casts doubts on the benefits of open offices.

Social Media 99

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

You can subscribe to Smart Bear Live on iTunes (please review the podcast as well!) … and if you’d like to appear on a future episode of Smart Bear Live, send an email to the Smart Bear Live producer, Patrick.Foley@microsoft.com , to schedule a recording with Jason. They can’t track whether they’re working.

API 220

API Software Review Hosting Technical Review 220

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – [link]. A Start-Up Ecosystem Forms in Chicago – [link]. Hiring of Kevin Rose by Google sends all the wrong signals to Silicon Valley – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link].

Social Media 94

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