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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. “Chicago’s venture funding performance is improving [but] Chicago is still trailing several major metro areas.” The Essential Email Marketing Metrics You Should Be Tracking | Hubspot blog – crowdspring.co/1gY786G. 1gYew1W.

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Twitter Link Roundup #76 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link]. 20 creative guerilla marketing campaigns – [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]. 33 Tips For Beginner Designers.

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Innovation Facilitation — Death is Easy, Magic Takes Training

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

KILN USA is, by an amazing coincidence, conducting a public Innovation Facilitation course in October, at the historic Keith House , in Chicago. See here for details and to register.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago. As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent. Were going to be in Japan. Were going to be in New York.

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Six Reasons Why Employees Shun Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I used to frequent a bagel shop on the south side of Chicago. Leadership is Uninvolved with Innovation. Yes, I just said that. Take me out to the wall and shoot me — but in many companies this is a major problem. It wasn’t a chain. Just a small business with great tasting bagels in a good location.

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Innovate Where You Are — and With Who You Have

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Existing incubators like 1871 in Chicago , or the Idea Center at Notre Dame are examples where you can rent space for a short term period. For a day or two off-site consider spaces like Catalyst Ranch (Chicago). There are unique off-site spaces where you can temporarily have an Ad-Hoc Innovation Team work.

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Colorado Innovation Training

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Ask the folks at Hershey, YUM, Johnsonville Sausage, University of Chicago, and Sanofi Pharma — they’ve all taken the course. Blowing my own horn here but you’ll be hard pressed to find a better preparation course to manage innovation projects and sessions.