The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I’m proud to be part of the growing and vibrant Chicago entrepreneurial community, and want to send the message that not only is this a great city for companies to start, it’s the best place to scale. So I would say to both an entrepreneur and early investor, let your genius free. Listen to its gut and let it carry you. The rest will follow.

Early Stage 69

Early Stage SEC Chicago Venture Capital 69

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Silicon Valley 40

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011. My parents did not wish to see me as struggling artists and thus I was enrolled in Bachelor of Business course in Australia. Thanks to Lydia Fayal, AdmitSee ! #22)

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 27, 2004

In addition, via deals with cable companies like Comcast, Visible World will be able to reach 30 million households by the end of 2004. Comcast says it can direct ads to narrow zones of 1,000 to 20,000 homes in a growing number of cities, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, and Phildelphia.

Advertising 60

Advertising Miami Detroit Dallas 60

conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Well, in eight studies published from 1987 to 2004 charm prices ($49, $79, $1.49 In one of the experiments done by University of Chicago and MIT, a mail order catalog was printed in 3 different versions. Surely all intelligent people understand that $39 and $40 are basically the same.

St. Louis 111

St. Louis Portland San Diego Sales 111

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In 2004 I began blogging. And just to prove that it wasn’t all fun, this is me in Chicago basically doing some work. Yaro: If you go back to the Wayback machine, you’ll see it in its infancy in late 2004, but it really started off in 2005, so four years. I’m not an adrenaline junky, but if you like bungie jumping go for it.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Audience Advertising 76

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2011

Inside Threadless HQ in Chicago I’ve spent a great deal of time wrestling with the idea of developing useful, real life marketing strategies for small businesses and have concluded that there are a handful of characteristics that can be mined, explored and shaped in order to make marketing strategy the foundation of business building.

Marketing 74

Marketing Social Media Small Business Engineer 74

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Don’t forget NASA, National Research/Technology Laboratories, Boeing, US Defense dept, many of the top technology Universities like MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, etc, etc, fall in same usage categories. Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107