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JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link].

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JUNE 1, 2011

Study shows Chicago lacks strong tech investor base – [link]. Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Do ad agencies struggle with social?

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JANUARY 5, 2011

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Best of 2010 Tech, Year In Review (by @FrankGruber ) – [link]. HOW TO: Attract Early Adopters to Your Social Startup – [link].

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MARCH 2, 2011

Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Six Useful Google Code Labs Products For People Who Develop Website – [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]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The Myth Of Work Life Balance – [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]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. Chess Lessons for Startups – [link].

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Nice feature story via Chicago Tribune on @Ramon_DeLeon – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Klout, My Story & Why Opting Out Was My Only Choice – [link]. “Thanks for calling.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. A quarter of all Chicago-area mortgages underwater – [link]. Exquisite Custom Labels: 40 Wine Labels That’ll Delight You – [link]. Are You Up For a Second Job? Are You Up For a Second Job?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link]. How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – [link].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Kevin Willer Shares His Experience Building Google’s Culture In Chicago – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Advice to advisers: Stop being so nice – [link]. Building Startups Is Like Baking A Cake In 3 Minutes – [link].

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JANUARY 12, 2020

You make can either make or break the future of a business hence due diligence is necessary before making any moves. But at the end of the day, I am in my position as CEO of an 18-year firm providing IT support, cloud services, vanity numbers and CRM software because of my strengths. Thanks to Patricia Jones, Paws PR ! #5-

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MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW.

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APRIL 19, 2019

Certain Chicago post offices were staying open until midnight for the taxtime procrastinators. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm. This slight misspelling of the word “code” seemed like the perfect combination of abstraction and substance.

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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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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]. – [link]. ar (Belgrade, Serbia) – [link].

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JANUARY 10, 2014

An awesome overview of the Chicago tech scene – crowdspring.co/1krnniz. The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1cN4HzJ. The Dangerous Rise of “Entrepreneurship Porn” | Morra Aarons-Mele Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/JEtYpu.

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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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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The image on the left is “The Bean&# in Chicago – photographed in HDR. Keynote Speech Scott Klososky Social Technologies 12 Step Process – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. image credit: papalars. – [link].

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MARCH 10, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The Dirty Secret About Software and Product Features – [link]. The Dirty Secret About Software and Product Features – [link]. Modern Bicycle Concepts That Will Blow Your Mind – [link].

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Tips for Coding and Designing Usable Web Forms – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Thoughts on being a startup in Chicago: 3 tips for entrepreneurs – [link]. The Principle of Proximity in Web Design – [link].

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JUNE 30, 2010

Chicago startups getting some love from @frankgruber on CBS – [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? Answered by Insiders – [link]. 250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 1) – [link].

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JUNE 30, 2010

Chicago startups getting some love from @frankgruber on CBS – [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? Answered by Insiders – [link]. 250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 1) – [link].

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MARCH 16, 2012

A Start-Up Ecosystem Forms in Chicago – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – [link]. Name dropping!

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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. Today, Aventis Systems, Inc. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9)

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JUNE 1, 2012

In Seoul, retailer uses 3D QR codes and the sun to deliver discounts only during its quiet times - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Interesting vertical farm concept coming together in an old Chicago meatpacking plant – [link].

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Google trying to help people to help their parents with technology issues – [link]. Groupon’s value to Chicago goes beyond Google deal – [link]. 43 page dress code manual at UBS AG?

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MARCH 3, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Another excellent video post by @bcopple about startup activity in Chicago – [link]. Finding Inspiration in Uncommon Sources: 12 Places to Look – [link].

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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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MAY 19, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Rose and the Chicago neighborhood – Englewood – where he grew up – [link]. Interesting “futuristic&# library at the University of Chicago (still houses physical books) – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Chicago startup @SpotHero wins app contest in quest to make finding a parking spot easy – [link]. Private – [link]. 25+ Must-have Chrome extensions for web designers and developers – [link].

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MAY 25, 2012

Take a Tour of 1871, a New 50,000 sq-ft Coworking Space in Chicago – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good article about Facebook’s dual stock class structure & investors – [link].

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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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APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Startups in Chicago check out this new Q&A site – Chicago Founders – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The Downside of Perfection – [link]. Only 14% of Fortune 500 were venture backed – [link]. 2) – [link].

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours. When I began my company 5+ years ago, it was not really a choice. 14- A number of reasons.

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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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