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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). On one set of Octels with Mike I learned that Cory was going to be in Chicago the following Monday. I booked non-refundable tickets.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Given where most deals are this has historically meant NYC and San Francisco but over the years we’ve had big successes in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas and London so we’re open to just finding the best deals. Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

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million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share.

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5 Things You Should Know Before Hiring A Development Shop

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She is also cofounder of Entrepreneurs Unpluggd and an MBA candidate at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Stella Fayman is CEO and cofounder of matchist, the best place to find top freelance developers and dev shops. Catch her on Twitter at @StartupStella. Others Matchist.com outsourcing Stella Fayman web development'

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. Whereas New York City had people living in close clusters , Chicago and Washington D.C. Whereas New York City has very high real estate costs and very high salaries, launching in Chicago and D.C. were more distributed.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. Would it be alright if I brought her by your offices for a super quick coffee?” (In In fact, my personal fund raising strategy is to attend the first meeting by myself. That way when my partners in are in …. there is a reason for us to re-engage because they never met that partner before.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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I got my firm to pay for 50% of my MBA and I did the international program at the University of Chicago. I spent 8 weeks there per year as well as time in Chicago. During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK.

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