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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

25 miles southwest of Chicago. That’s why I’m so excited to serve as Director of the Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill., CRI Program. CRI is a two-year program for innovators focusing on energy and science technologies.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. John holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and a BA from Harvard University.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a graduate of the MBA program. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Entrepreneurshit. I Hate Losing.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Gust

That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a graduate of the MBA program. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur?

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Let’s Tax the Boy Scouts

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

One must have at least seed money, or more, to get a start-up going. Churches compete with the Chicago Bulls for attendance — I don’t see the Bulls lobbying congress and the President to tax churches. Banks have advantages that Credit Unions don’t — like raising money by selling shares for instance.