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Twitter Link Roundup #222 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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The image above is an interesting project from Strava, showing a heatmat of bike paths in the Chicago area. Here’s a link to the Chicago map, but you can easily navigate to another geographic area. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #223 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Very good overview from Chicago Tribune on Chicago’s coworking spaces – crowdspring.co/1uUmhyF. Another billion dollar exist for a Chicago tech company (Fieldglass) – crowdspring.co/1g4kMtQ. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #192 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Chicago’s most active entrepreneurial networking groups | Crain’s Chicago Business – [link]. Rejected by PR industry for being an ad guy | by Edward Boches – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link].

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

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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 ;-). Traditional software vs. SaaS. Most VCs are book smart. Smart is simply not a differentiator. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Think of web vs. mobile.

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Twitter Link Roundup #59 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Chicago Sun Times writes about crowdSPING’s 2010 Chicago Innovation Award – [link]. The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time – [link]. 100 Great Free Fonts for Designers – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #220 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Chicago is the funniest city in the U.S. (we Fresh Collection Of Creative Ads | Top Design Magazine – crowdspring.co/1iDk59l. 30 Outstanding examples of packaging design ideas – crowdspring.co/1iDkpok.