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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C.,

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Founder Interview: Jim Elliott – Volunteer to NonProfit Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Jim’s efforts have been widely recognized by the Illinois Skin and Scuba Council—receiving the “Humanitarian of the Year” award in 2005—and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago—receiving the “Community Award” in all of 2005 through 2007. Jim gave us some time to tell us more about his journey and Diveheart’s impact.

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White Collar Crime Spree

Altgate

Governor of the great state of Illinois caught in giant corruption scandal. He is apparently the sole equity owner of this 250 attorney firm and reportedly spent $40 million on artwork hanging on the law office walls. Come again? Rod Blagojevich. Paul Johnston.

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6 SaaS Metrics You Should Track - ReadWriteCloud

www.readwriteweb.com

Read their latest case study: A Canadian Printer Leaves its Servers in Illinois. According to Gartner, between 2007 and 2012, most U.S. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Along those lines, last week, Ryan Carson, co-founder of Carsonified offered a list of six key metrics for your web app and how to track them.

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Jedi Mind Tricks: 17 Lesser Known Ways to Persuade People

ConversionXL

Daniel O’Keefe at the University of Illinois collected together the results of 107 different studies on sidedness and persuasion conducted over 50 years which, between them, recruited 20,111 participants (O’Keefe, 1999, Communication Yearbook, 22, pp. 209-249). Story beats data.

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