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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Wyzant is a leading Chicago-based marketplace that connects tutors with students around the country. While the company is not primarily a marketplace, each order is hand-curated by a work-at-home “stylist” who works part-time on their own schedule from the comfort of their own home.

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Bitesize Monday: Israeli Startup Headlines

VC Cafe

Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Chicago-based Future Simple raised $1.1 Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. Footbo raises $2.5

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I was also sick of my own curated life on Facebook and thought, there must be a place more interesting than this to hang out online. ” –Joss Whedon, “Firely” Just a line from a fictional character on a fictional show, but in 2007 when the housing bubble busted, it resonated strongly with me.

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

Both Sides of the Table

Stick with it the same way you “didn’t get” Twitter in 2007 when you signed up but by 2009 you were using it effortlessly. Here you’ll see the professional and curated content. I met another in Chicago who I’m going to see when I’m there in May. But get on the treadmill.” Use Snapchat.

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