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JULY 21, 2010

Chicago’s Digital Ten (companies) to Watch – [link]. How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create a Mobile Version of Your Website – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good advice … How To Sell – [link].

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JULY 21, 2010

Chicago’s Digital Ten (companies) to Watch – [link]. How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create a Mobile Version of Your Website – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good advice … How To Sell – [link].

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Why Chicago is One of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs | @ Technori – [link]. You Can’t Add Value If You Don’t Have Values | Built In Chicago – [link]. The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself | Harvard Business Review – [link]. ” | Fast Code Design – [link]. ” – [link].

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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JANUARY 5, 2011

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. 35+ Free Mobile & Web Application Development Icon Sets – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link]. – [link].

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Pennies from Heaven: Chicago Startups’ Experiences with Angel Investors – [link]. Flyover Geeks: 2010′s Top 30 in Chicago tech – [link]. Good WSJ summary of the mobile industry in 2010 and what’s to come in 2011 – [link]. The Myth Of Work Life Balance – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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MARCH 2, 2011

Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link]. Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Usability – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Nice feature story via Chicago Tribune on @Ramon_DeLeon – [link]. A Look Inside Mobile Design Patterns – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 29 Simple yet Intuitive Mobile Web Designs – [link].

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 30% of Excelerate Labs CEO’s have been women – Chicago more diverse that most and growing! - [link]. Scaling Your UX Strategy | Robert Fabricant-Harvard Business Review - [link]. Billion Raised | TechCrunch - [link].

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How to Design a Mobile Responsive Website – [link]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Kevin Willer Shares His Experience Building Google’s Culture In Chicago – [link]. The Future of Advertising: Everything’s Going Mobile – [link]. Five campaigns changing the game of mobile advertising – [link]. Definitive Mobile Guide – 40+ Tools, Frameworks And Tutorials – [link]. – [link].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. The mobile future of variable pricing | ThoughtGadgets by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/1epd89z. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

An awesome overview of the Chicago tech scene – crowdspring.co/1krnniz. T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers offer “horsesh**” | Ars Technica – crowdspring.co/1fejgUP. The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1cN4HzJ. New research casts doubts on the benefits of open offices.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Sage advice for startups on picking a PR representative – [link]. Love seeing all the VC activity in the Chicago area! Giving Due Diligence Calls Their Due – [link]. Giving Due Diligence Calls Their Due – [link]. Best Approach to Mobile Website Design – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s no big surprise that I spend a larger portion of my time in LA working on: disruption of television, performance-based marketing, games & mobile. Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. It’s awesome.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

After a few months working out and end jobs around Chicago, I met an extraordinary business consultant who helped me build my business from the ground up in exchange for social media services. I had a PR firm in midtown and was tired of being everyone’s Jewish mother. My skill set limited to theater and social media.

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JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

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APRIL 11, 2014

The image above shows a typical rush hour in Chicago in 1909. Here’s the Data | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1lLgAjK. Re/code - crowdspring.co/1embSqM. The decline of the mobile web - crowdspring.co/1lIlKL4. Essential design tips for the mobile web | Webdesigner Depot - crowdspring.co/1e8IRZJ.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

How to Build Trust in a Virtual Workplace | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Why Chicago Needs to Recruit and Retain Great Tech Talent – [link]. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure | Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship | Harvard Business Review – [link].

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Mobile Payments Market Predicted To Reach $90B By 2017, Up From $12.8B Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Five of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes | Peter Sims-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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MARCH 28, 2013

Invest in Your Customers More Than Your Brand | Michael Schrage-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Invest in Your Customers More Than Your Brand | Michael Schrage-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Tech Startup City: G2 Crowd in Chicago | Forbes – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends!

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JUNE 28, 2013

Chicago startups connecting with big local companies, entrepreneurs and corporations | by Wailin Wong – [link]. NASA is crowdsourcing Asteroid Detection | The National Law Review – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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JUNE 30, 2010

Chicago startups getting some love from @frankgruber on CBS – [link]. 6 Brilliantly Designed Mobile Sites – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why did so many successful startups come out of PayPal? image credit: Myki Roventine.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Chicago startups getting some love from @frankgruber on CBS – [link]. 6 Brilliantly Designed Mobile Sites – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why did so many successful startups come out of PayPal? image credit: Myki Roventine.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9) 9) Horrible Experience.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

How to Hire in Chicago – [link]. Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How Chicago’s clout culture stifles innovation – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. You either have it, or you don’t. Everything, that is, but.NET. Alcides Fonseca.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Does HubSpot Walk The Talk On Its Culture Code? VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

Many franchise systems who receive support from our sister company, iFranchise Group — a premiere franchise consulting group — would ask where could they find services in PR, SEO, and website development. I received my MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago and I’m a third-gernation small business entrepreneur.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Nobody was leveraging digital, e-commerce or mobile. My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. I started my PR and marketing firm since I love startups and want to give them a chance to grow. Buyers were using pen, paper and fax machines to place orders. Thanks to Olivia Skuza, NuORDER !

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – [link]. Pew study: News consumption up via mobile, social media – [link]. What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – [link]. Does Your Company Pay For Social Media Reviews? - [link].

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The Tech Scene in Chicago is Blooming – [link]. Opera users click on the most ads, followed by Safari Mobile, Internet Explorer, and Android | The Next Web – [link]. Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging | Codrops – [link]. . | Vlaskovits – [link]. Resistance is futile.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Failure is overrated: Learn from successes instead | Crain’s Chicago Business – crowdspring.co/18No8bH. Failure is overrated: Learn from successes instead | Crain’s Chicago Business – crowdspring.co/18No8bH. Mobile payments are still a challenge for everyone, it appears | The Verge – [link].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Why Necessity Will Soon Make Facebook The World’s Largest Mobile Ad Network – [link]. A very handy guide to mobile advertising – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Not surprising to see ad agencies shedding employees - [link].

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