A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Member Desk is a virtual and yet it can also be physical, literally sitting in the front of the co- working space inexpensive way to do that for pretty much any organization. But the answer is the co-founder’s been in the industry for 30 years and he’s somebody and so they can get meetings. Jason: Right.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. Technical founder. How are you going to get employees?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As a teenager I moved away from Texas to Chicago to put myself through school and find opportunity outside of South Texas. I started Good Dog Labs in early 2014 and a year later I officially became a co-founder with the on-boarding of my brother Dino in 2015. New England has been good to me?—?I

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Nicole Price of the Chicago-based International Center for Breathwork. The innovative techniques her group presents have tremendous health and wellness impacts, but also improve work performance and employee engagement. And the rest is history!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Employees only. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at Town Hall Seattle (co-sponsored with Lean Startup Seattle). Co-sponsored by the Rock Center & the Harvard innovation lab. Ries, the guru behind the “Lean Startup” sensation, asks: Is your startup employee-centric and knowledge-obsessed?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee – crowdspring.co/1s051td. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

If you’re a technical startup founder, one of the painful lessons is that it’s not enough just to build a great product. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Clay Hebert.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. In addition, Priyanshu is also considering an enterprise solution with the notion of cleaning up the profiles of employees (based on social media policies) of objectionable material. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Chennai and TiE Mumbai.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do I find good technical co-founders? Inside Google’s Culture of Success and Employee Happiness | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve? Phenomenal Reddit AMA … I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – [link]. – [link].

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Everything had potential, but as an employee, my power to act upon the opportunities I saw was limited. 6- Gaining success for your employees. 2- Lot’s of fun.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

by Adam Hirsen, CEO and Co-founder of UPshow. Sometimes being a co-pilot is best. However, it actually saves the business money, especially if I take a few employees with me, and it’s a great talking point. Adam Hirsen is CEO and Co-founder of Chicago start-up UPshow, a platform that is changing the way businesses do TV.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a graduate of the MBA program. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. Entrepreneurshit.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Why Chicago is One of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs | @ Technori – [link]. You Can’t Add Value If You Don’t Have Values | Built In Chicago – [link]. Fighting among co-founders is healthy- [link]. You Are Only As Strong As Your Least Happy Employee – [link]. How Much is Being Attractive Worth?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2016

by Ned Ryan, CEO & co-founder of Breeze. My co-founder Charlie and I launched Breeze just two years ago, and since then, we’ve attracted capital from investors like Mark Cuban and have launched in 6 major U.S. As a founder, you’ll want to be involved in every decision – big & small. and Boston.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2014

There are many steps to take when onboarding new employees. When welcoming a new employee it is essential to clearly define the role and requirements of that position. This is oft overlooked when hiring under a time constraint or hiring for new projects that require more employees than those currently staffed.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

They really care about their employees, and have enough money to buy a fair amount of happiness. My team and I have created Happster, the first product created to take employee happiness to new heights through positive psychology. Starting with just a push mower I grew that business to 70 trucks and 145 employees. 4 – Sr.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

We see a larger percentage of women using the services of ConVerge (The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at North Central College) in the Chicago suburb Naperville and increasingly some in non-traditional fields including construction, warehousing, manufacturing healthcare and technology. Avg # of Employees. 11,313,900.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 20, 2015

Hundreds of offices in New York , Chicago , and as of today, San Francisco , are using Q to clean and manage their offices efficiently and cost effectively. . That’s why there’s been less than 1% turnover among the hundreds of people they employee. You can copy a spreadsheet, you can’t copy culture.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. “The MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

Chicago, Illinois-based FeeFighters is a free-to-use online comparison engine that lets you find the best rates for credit card processing services. The credit card processing industry isn’t regulated,” says FeeFighters CEO and co-founder Sean Harper. No business owner should have to go through that hassle,” insists Harper.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Passion can inspire your employees. From a handful of employees, BlueVine has grown into a thriving, successful startup of more than a hundred people. From a handful of employees, BlueVine has grown into a thriving, successful startup of more than a hundred people.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Dan is the Co-founder and president of Podcast Movement, the world’s largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. He's a co-founder and president of podcast movement, the world's largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Still in business today and run by my co-founder. I decided I wasn’t passionate about running an ad-supported business and sold my stake to my co-founder. I had MIT, Harvard, Chicago, and other top-tier schools interested in buying it and Wharton actually using the solution (and they kept it for four years).

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Gust

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. Apologies to my Chicago friends: This metaphor ignores the depth of the dish.) A growth company, by definition, is not a zero-sum enterprise.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

That situation certainly can work very well early on in a company’s life-cycle when there are a dozen or less employees. Of course with technology-enabled startups, the goal s of a company are not to add employees. Here at NextView, we typically invest in companies headquartered along the U.S.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the past, large numbers of Philly’s top students flocked to California, New York, and Chicago after graduation. Philly offers a thriving pool of bright employees educated at some of the best universities in the country. Founders Ben Franklin, George Washington, and James Madison lived here at various times.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a graduate of the MBA program. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. Entrepreneurshit.

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Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 122

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

That situation certainly can work very well early on in a company’s life-cycle when there are a dozen or less employees. Of course with technology-enabled startups, the goal s of a company are not to add employees. Here at NextView, we typically invest in companies headquartered along the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Dan is the Co-founder and president of Podcast Movement, the world’s largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. He's a co-founder and president of Podcast Movement, the world's largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. Marketing Podcast with Dan Franks. This is John Jantsch.

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