Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

.” And if aspiring investment teams are looking to get together the SBIC has come back with a new VC focused program to help non-Silicon Valley communities fund companies beyond their initial angel money. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. Every city should have a “BuildIn” program.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. John Vrionis is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2021

Cody Simms is presently SVP of Climate and Sustainability at Techstars, before which he was a Partner and SVP on Techstars’ investment team and was Techstars’ first Managing Director in Los Angeles. And Troy Henikoff was formerly the founding member of Techstars Chicago and is now General Partner at Math Ventures.

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Framework Los Angeles Metrics Chicago 207

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide a unique perspective into the world of entrepreneurship. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program.

Entrepreneur 100

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They’ve developed over 50 partnerships, and are now launching a series of Connection Programs to introduce start-ups to some of America’s largest companies. Michael leads the Social Innovation team, which works with programs and grants. • One year program for developers to work at cities/nonprofits to address challenges.

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

For example, United Way of Metro Chicago set up a four-month program called the Board Leadership Institute to help business leaders interested in serving on nonprofit boards. Also, the program equips them with the best tools to be of service in the greater Chicago area. Impact of Chicago’s housing crisis.

Equity 105

Equity Community Advisory Board Chicago 105

Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Our mission at TTS is to develop more tech talent in the South through beginner-focused programs teaching web development and computer programming. Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. It looks like someone is actually pulling this together in a life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space in Chicago called MATTER. A new life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 262

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. The festival brings people together for a specific event, and the ICFB membership program continues the engagement year-round with a monthly membership that costs only $11/month.

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Founder Chicago Cofounder Global 158

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Headquarters: Chicago, IL. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. But even in Boston & Chicago it remains above $20. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Founding Date: 2009.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Akos Gabossy’s idea for his multi-million dollar company, PanIQ Escape Rooms, came to him while he was participating in his high school’s foreign exchange student program that landed him in LA. It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. In 3 years, they predict more than 50 operating units.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. So I did that kind of stuff. It was all technical.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

The entire company is regularly involved in fundraising and local activities in the Arts, Urban Agriculture, Youth Education, Domestic Violence Prevention and Minority-and-Women scholarships in graduate real estate programs. The concept was novel and no one yet had brought this concept to Chicago. I was intrigued. Problem solved!

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Founder Chicago Cofounder Michigan 128

Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2016

Create a referral program. Referral programs, done right, are win-win opportunities. In fact, a customer referral program may even be your ticket to transforming your struggling business into a thriving business. On the other hand, you have to make the reward worth it or the program won’t work.

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Revenue Philadelphia Software Review New York 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Crowdfunding is a new way of funding startups and small businesses, and Chicago, Illinois-based Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) is getting into the act by starting its own crowdfunding platform SBAC Connects.

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Small Business Illinois Chicago Equity 198

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Companies can't find the partners and employees they need. That's what I fear when I see places like Berlin, Chicago, and Toronto putting on startup events--not enough anchors to make the whole thing stick and to turn the excitement into real opportunity. What about your academic programs?

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Community Detroit Chicago Government 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

I was here to see one of our LPs (limited partners are the people who invest money in VC funds) called Fort Washington. They’ve been a long-term investor in our fund – GRP Partners – and it was important to me to spend time with them in their home market and meet the people with whom they deal locally. Or a Skype. Win over customers.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2018

Basically, an app (or other software) uses GPS, RFID, Wi-Fi or cellular data to trigger a pre-programmed action when your mobile device enters or exits a virtual perimeter set up around a geographical location. For example, say you own a wedding venue in Chicago. This geographical location is known as a geo-fence.

Small Business 189

Small Business Marketing Massachusetts SEO 189

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More than half of LGBTQ Americans surveyed in 2020 said they hid a personal relationship to avoid discrimination, according to a report by the Center for American Progress and NORC at the University of Chicago. The survey included various demographics, including age, education, income, disability, gender, and gender identity.

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Equity Indiana Chicago Leadership 105

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

#9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program. One of the assignments I experienced was the development of their Entrepreneur Program. This benefited me in that I was motivated to leave an un-rewarding environment where programs that a ton of money was spent on were just cancelled. Image Credit: Anna Renault.

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Entrepreneur Investment Bankers PR Social Media 48

David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. Several key partners include HBSAANY, New York Angels, and others to be announced. .

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

Source: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (in constant 2009 $’s) We’ll Do Great in the Next War Early in 1950, just months before the outbreak of the Korean War the Office of Naval Research asked Fred Terman to build an Applied electronics program for electronic warfare. and the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons at this point.)

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Silicon Valley RSS California Government 144

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. Do employees have access to the programs and files they’ll need to do their work? McKenna believed it was “better to be safe than sorry,” even if it all ended up being for naught.

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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. We use SurePayroll , a Chicago-based startup (now a division of PayChex ) and their solution is economical, simple, and reliable. Photo: Frank M.

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Small Business Utah Startup Software Review 102

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago. They have outreach programs, and the people who are involved are the people who will find you interns and people who will be graduating soon."

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Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

-->. About | Mentors | Companies | Curriculum | FAQ | Partners | Apply Now. Join the Program. With our team of dedicated experts, we will partner with you on a one-to-one basis to ensure you receive the highest quality solutions for your business. -->. -->. -->. -->. Choose a city closest to you. Alexandria. Ho Chi Minh City.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley San Diego 43

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

“How to Pick the Programming Language for Your First MVP” – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4! SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links | Adam Sherk – [link]. Twitter Is Building A Gateway To The “Web” Of Mobile Apps | TechCrunch – [link]. ” – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As you can see in the above graph, 18 MBA programs are represented among the 157 unicorns. As a Stanford alum and current HBS student, I was happy to see the MBA programs of both schools at the top of the list. Another interesting data point is that the top eight MBA programs in the U.S. ( that of any other MBA program.

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Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the Lightspeed Venture Partner Summer Fellowship program, I ask guest speakers to come in each week and talk to the Fellows about key topics related to building a successful startup. Be willing to help partners accelerate testing new markets.

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Customer Entrepreneur PR Belgium 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. 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).

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NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. And every year, it looks as if one or two entrepreneurs from the program decide to stay. I remember thinking then how much better it was than Chicago, where I'd spent the previous 8 years.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2010

As week two of the Do More Faster book tour winds down (with a full day at MSNerd doing the 2010 version of ADPrentice with Sameer Gandhi from Accel Partners and Mark Siegel from Menlo Ventures), I’m starting to feel like Caine from Kung Fu. Week three begins in New York on Monday, home of the newest TechStars program.

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Architecture Chicago DC New York 114

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Specifically, research by Shop.org, comScore, and The Partnering Group found that 70 percent of consumers click through on a retail blog to the firms website and 68 percent of consumers use YouTube to browse and research products. SES Chicago. Further, consumers follow more brands on social media platforms other than Facebook.

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Social Media Media B2C New York 86

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. The University of Houston has the number one undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and Rice University has the number one graduate entrepreneurship program in the country. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston.

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