The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. Marry technology skills with marketing or finance or operating skills for an effective blending of complementary skillsets.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Each company will be unique in the ways that they need to improve their operations and overall approach. The first step is having an honest look at the internal operations of the company. I know a partner at a manufacturing firm that thinks he ought to be able to do everything he asks his people to do.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Our members value this additional benefit as they consider us as their accountability partners and feel comfortable asking questions they may otherwise hesitate to ask someone else. For organizations that operate in a charitable space or with a social mission of their own, there is no charge for listing or service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? 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 ;-). Industry or Operating Experience? I know many VCs who don’t have operating experience and frankly some of them are fantastic.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Renter screening services offered by a professional property management agency like property management companies chicago will show you all you have to know concerning a possible tenant before making a final choice. Furthermore, you must constantly adhere to state and federal rules regarding tenant screening because you are a landlord.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. If the squatter doesn’t give up the site, the issue can be taken to court, and the squatter will have to show it is operating a business or maintaining a service. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Billy Bosworth is the CEO of DataStax ; he leads the company’s global strategy and direction, and oversees day-to-day operations. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. In 3 years, they predict more than 50 operating units.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. Scheduling time to look over a surgeon’s shoulder in an operating room is tough. In Chicago, despite having a lot of talent, companies and great research, we are a big, spread-out city. It Takes a Village.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s Capital Solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2018

While we were both entrepreneurs, we operated in different realms. Jason ran a successful technology business and I was operating my own business, downbeats. As an entrepreneur you are always on the go and I was frustrated by the lack of healthy food options in Chicago. Moreover, you need to have faith in your partner’s skills.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. VCAP© finalists will also be invited to present at Marathon’s 7th Annual DealMakers’ Summit July 23rd and 24th at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Headquarters: Chicago, IL. The International segment appears to have similar profitability as the North America business though as it accounted for roughly the same proportion of adjusted operating income. But even in Boston & Chicago it remains above $20. Groupon, Inc. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

The concept was novel and no one yet had brought this concept to Chicago. We designed the menus, found a location in Chicago’s Wicker Park that worked for us, and we secured funding from a bank. He invited me on board as a junior partner. Then we decided to start a fast-casual street food restaurant called Falafel King.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. You led TechStars Chicago for two years (2017–2019) and have been connected to the local scene there for a quite a while.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

As someone who owns eight successful daycares in the Chicago area, I know the strategies and approaches that work when it comes to developing a sound business plan for a daycare center. What are the details of your ownership structure, board of directors, investor list, partners, and so on? What’s your curriculum based on?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Despite their success, Startup America’s goal is to continue for three years, and then fold their operations and let the infrastructure they’ve created exist independently. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt. Some people in Chicago were starting a company that rhymes with “coupon” at the time. We’re there to help them.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As a teenager I moved away from Texas to Chicago to put myself through school and find opportunity outside of South Texas. We are very thankful and humbled at the trust our customers, partners and employees put into the Good Dog Labs and Lighthouse brands. New England has been good to me?—?I

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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. 10- Address financial and operating metrics. In business, we negotiate with external vendors, suppliers and partners.

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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. TSM: In this current environment, what have been the additional business challenges for you and how have you adjusted your operation and business model?

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2006, I gave a keynote speech at the Newspaper Association of America’s national conference in Chicago. A Channel partner is a person or a company with a complementary service, who is knocking on the same doors as you, and who is connected. Good Channel partners are hunters with a “protein–rich” diet of connections.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. with Honors) in International Relations from the University of Chicago where he won numerous awards. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. I’m a stickler for focus, being efficient with capital and building out operational excellence, so our strategy initially was very constrained.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Still others point to the collective sensibility and logic of New Englanders as an operating philosophy. Co-founder and COO Paul Liberman helped the audience look under the hood in how they operate with such a data-obsessed tilt: .

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Robert McKenna III , a well-known medical malpractice lawyer , is a partner in the Huntington Beach, California law firm Kjar, McKenna & Stockalper LLP. Depending on your company’s processes and needs, a hybrid work model might operate differently. People were initially skeptical of McKenna’s theories.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

A friend calls me up from: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, wherever and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. Any hiring manager at a company who has any operational experience and common sense will never want to hire somebody remotely anyways. Choose life.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

I am not talking about wooing potential partners at fancy lunches, or drinks with clients after work, or even the whiteboard sessions that can fill our days. I am talking about the nitty-gritty reality of operating a business, paying the bills, washing the dishes, and managing employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2017

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. coastal cities, the costs of operating a business out of the Midwest are extremely low, allowing for greater profit margins. Pritzker’s formation of the 1871 collaborative startup lab in Chicago is similar to what’s been happening here in Omaha.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I learned long ago at the University of Chicago where I got my MBA that investors tend to want to invest when markets become over-valued and sell when they become undervalued. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. We go through our “Bear Stearns moment.&# We’re not cheap, but we’re disciplined.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

So when I heard Kathryn gave the University of Chicago commencement speech I suggested that she reach out to a larger audience and share her decades of experience. Here’s the speech: 2014 University of Chicago Commencement speech ‘Your Great Adventure’. Her response? So they call you a “dragon lady”; so what?! But then, trouble.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Wyzant is a leading Chicago-based marketplace that connects tutors with students around the country. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.” And I’m now managing partner six years later. ” I thought, “Nah.”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. GreenPal’s vision is to become the operating system and platform that makes the lawn care industry run smoothly.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. With the help of advisors Ada Ryland and Wayne Lopez, we set up data-driven operation to get clarity on what and why we measured?—?and you win on 50% + 1 or you don’t…). and the outcomes. “If

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2016

For example, a tech startup focusing on revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry probably shouldn’t partner with a local jean company. Essentially, the reciprocity norm causes us to waste our time without our conscious knowledge. Another danger of the reciprocity norm is that the initial favor may not be an actual favor at all.

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