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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. Whereas New York City had people living in close clusters , Chicago and Washington D.C. Whereas New York City has very high real estate costs and very high salaries, launching in Chicago and D.C. were more distributed.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. TaskRabbit is available in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. An online marketplace that uses live video chat to buy and sell knowledge, advice or services from experts or Ninjas. An online marketplace offering 3.5

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

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This is Chicago area – crowdspring.co/1j3qZ8y.

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Why There’s A Startup Boom In The US Midwest

The Startup Magazine

Chicago has experienced a similar venture capital boom. Chicago, the region’s number one startup ecosystem , has evolved from the city that had nothing beyond Grubhub and Groupon, to a city which has major funding rounds, big SPAC deals, or new funds created, nearly every week. The number of new Chicago funds is at an all time high.

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3 Ways Your Website Can Grow Your Startup In 2016

YoungUpstarts

Trend #3: Video. While video certainly isn’t new in 2016, it is still widely underused, and we can expect to see that change this year. I am a huge proponent of video in websites for many reasons, but mainly, I love it for the trust it adds to a site. But what if the testimonial were a video? People’s B.S. Product demos.

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