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Setting a Standard Spotlight: Beal Properties Gives Back to Chicago

The Startup Magazine

Beal Properties, a Chicago-based property management company, is one of the companies determined to set a new standard for how businesses function in a community. By the time the Giving Team’s creation was announced, the team had already given donations to 20 charities in the Chicago area, and had outlined its goals for the team.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007. We are very excited to have Chicago-bred comedian, writer and actor Beth Stelling. The Awards ceremony has always been a highlight of the event for me, even well before I took the helm.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

In 2007, launched “America’s Giving” challenge with Facebook and Parade magazine. Follow us and join the conversation. Some people in Chicago were starting a company that rhymes with “coupon” at the time. The original intent was to be discrete and to avoid potential criticism (which happens whenever you try to create change).

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. I might also mention that she is a budding stand-up comic working the mic at clubs in Chicago and San Francisco. Chris is focused, loyal, flexible, and kind to everyone around him.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

Seth, Jason, Ryan, and I had a long conversation about it after going through the AvidXchange financing deck and monthly financial package. I expected that we’d decide to pass and set up the conversation with them this way. This time I told him I’d run it by my partners and get their feedback.

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How To Be A Great Leader

YoungUpstarts

In the first several days after this transition, I talked to every person individually (I favor walking one-on-ones and we ended up walking around Chicago and talking for an hour). Each of these conversations took place in the morning. The conversation should always be two-way. A small but growing number of established U.S.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. That’s why I love conversing with you. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.