Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Connections?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
This is precisely why MakeSpace is growing so rapidly in its core markets: New York, Chicago and Washington DC where they can literally come and pick up your furniture and move it away and you never had to visit a facility and they do this at a cheaper price than incumbents by centralizing the location and thus having cheaper infrastructure costs.
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crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
1871 Ranks 9th In The World In Survey Of Business Incubators – crowdspring.co/Xe1N6Y. Good long read on the history of Motorola | Chicago magazine – crowdspring.co/1nQMcBM. Ways to think about watches – crowdspring.co/1wpIpQT. Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations – crowdspring.co/1maJA6k.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Incubator 1871 Nurtures Chicago’s Growing Startup Scene – [link]. Amazon’s Bezos: Maybe the most second-guessed genius in tech – [link]. Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good – [link]. Win, win win all around … 37signals invests in The Starter League – [link].
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I’m not against MBA’s (I have one myself from University of Chicago and my lovely wife was graduated from Wharton – she loves to remind me that they usually score higher in the rankings than we do). Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. I see this emerging in Seattle and the passion of “a few key individuals&# who can help shift the game.
Up and Running
APRIL 1, 2015
Though David attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and had played professional poker, none of them had ever started a business before. We didn’t think of it […] for PR reasons,” says David, who adds that while they did have some initial funds, using the resource seemed like a no-brainer to the founders.
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