crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2017
If the number of coworking spaces in a city is is any indication of its entrepreneurial health, Chicago is firing on all cylinders. Based on a recent survey by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space there are 41 coworking spaces in the city, covering a staggering 868,124 square feet of space. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200.
Campus Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 23, 2010
Booth has announced a course called Building Interet Strartups: Risk, Reward, and Failure and it is being taught by two of Groupon’s co-founders. Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, the Chicago-based cofounders of the social coupon website, Groupon, turned down an offer from Google in early December.
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David Teten
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. In 2007, launched “America’s Giving” challenge with Facebook and Parade magazine. We wanted to direct some of that energy.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 11, 2011
She wraps up TEDGlobal 2007 opining on what they all mean for business-minded Africans and what still needs doing to stimulate their minds. Here, one co-founder shares her experiences, philosophies and mindset shifts, hopefully encouraging entrepreneurial students towards social and economic justice.
Up and Running
MARCH 29, 2013
So you’ll be hearing a lot more from Chicago Startup Guy here in the future , but for today let’s talk about Google Glass… and what better way than to quote fellow Chicagoan and startup icon, Ferris Bueller while on on his day off: “ The question isn’t what are we gonna to do today, it’s what aren’t we going to do today.”.
Eric Friedman
AUGUST 18, 2021
Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Wyzant is a leading Chicago-based marketplace that connects tutors with students around the country. Instawork was cofounded by Sumir Meghani in San Franciso and was a member of the 2015 Y-Combinator class. The company was founded by Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn in 2005.
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