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[Interview] Thomas Kane, Chicago Executive, Managing Director at Merrill Private Wealth Management

YoungUpstarts

Chicago executive Thomas Kane is selfless when it comes to time outside of the office. Technology and viral engagement is encouraging companies to give back in more non-traditional ways and employees are jumping on board, as well. Now, we’re all acknowledging the obvious – that the need for philanthropy is year-round.

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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. Building logistics businesses are never easy and it’s not always as sexy as building a consumer application that goes viral. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5

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Twitter Link Roundup #123 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A Start-Up Ecosystem Forms in Chicago – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link]. Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – [link]. Why I left Google – [link]. Name dropping!

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

For instance: Which insurance plan should I provide for my employees in Chicago? Up next, we have to solve three core problems for this type of business to succeed: Solving for viral: If a new business owner signs up for our service today, what can we do to ensure that they tell one other business to sign up too?

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Twitter Link Roundup #56 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The image on the left is “The Bean&# in Chicago – photographed in HDR. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Twitter Link Roundup #154 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Tech Scene in Chicago is Blooming – [link]. Can enterprise SaaS products be viral? . | Vlaskovits – [link]. 10 Ways to Convert More Customers With Psychology [INFOGRAPHIC] – [link]. What every designer working in a startup needs to know | Gigaom – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Will CPE (Cost Per Engagement) advertising ever take off? – [link]. I lost interest in Pinterest. – [link]. – [link]. – [link].