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. ” I thought, “Nah.”

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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 Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York.

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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. You can also reach me at giovanny.pietro@gmail.com.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Headquarters: Chicago, IL. But even in Boston & Chicago it remains above $20. Groupon, Inc. Founding Date: 2009.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But a new class of life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space is another. Scheduling time to look over a surgeon’s shoulder in an operating room is tough. A new life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space. Co-working spaces seem to be evolving into the startup garages of the future.

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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. TSM: In this current environment, what have been the additional business challenges for you and how have you adjusted your operation and business model?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews series , we sat down with entrepreneurs Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa, the co-founders and owners of ServiceMaster By Simons. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in their company culture and helps set this husband and wife co-founder team apart as leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2020

I mentioned being a sports fan in the intro, because the leader I look up to the most is Phil Jackson, former mentor of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Lloyd and Mary are the founders of the co-op we now know as REI. One of the few people I look up to in my industry is Jason Fried, the founder of Basecamp.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 These are industries that start to open up new commercial zones like Cincinnati (home to P&G & Kroger) and Chicago.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm – “I co-founded a great firm.”

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 4, 2013

Chicago, IL (May 4, 2013) – The first-ever 3-dimensional cultural insights stimulus box is now available to in-company teams and external facilitators for single-session use. . “Now that our operations have scaled, we can offer IdeaKeg editions on a one-off basis. KILN launches IdeaKeg(tm) Single.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I graduated high school at seventeen, couldn’t legally drink at my college graduation, and launched my company before I could rent a car without a co-signer. It’s easy to be intimidated by established companies with decades of experience, especially when the founders are twenty years your senior. For more, visit www.KayePublicity.com.

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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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Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2016

I work with best-selling author Melissa G Wilson, a Chicago publisher, to produce books for Fortune 500 companies and CEOs. Since we operate as a remote team, anytime you are near a computer or phone, you can technically be in the office. My name is Jessica and I’m the founder of Pixelkeet and cofounder of CrowdMed. .

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2017

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. Startups are surrounded by mentors and by other founders, and can get the resources they need to be successful. coastal cities, the costs of operating a business out of the Midwest are extremely low, allowing for greater profit margins. But not for long.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Some people in Chicago were starting a company that rhymes with “coupon” at the time.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. Thanks to Janet Wu, SilkRoll ! #7 7 – From Building Structures to Building Relationships.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2016

Ryan Freitas , co-founder of About.me Validating the idea of personal value systems in evaluating favors, five social “dictator game” experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago found that reciprocity operates on a certain rate of social exchange, defined by the value of the events.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

6- Using the idea of Chicago sports team colors. Using the idea of that Chicago sports team colors and the fact that I was born and raised as a Northsider – things started to come together. My co-founder, David Johnson, and I came up with the name “Genexa” because we felt it represented the next generation of medicine.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Ive done a lot of placing people into positions, and I have never used a job board as a way to do that," says Rich Sloan , co-founder of StartupNation. Every type of business has their own meetings," says Martin Zwilling , founder and CEO of consulting group Startup Professionals. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2015

It was August 2013 when my co-founder at SportsManias called to tell me that we had raised $1 million in angel funding. I was a second-year in college on my way to the library at the University of Chicago; she was back in Miami, where our company is based. When co-founder relationships break, they make a mess.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

My research was valuable enough for a large corporation that is known for creating a popular operating system to give us about $250K in funding. As a result, I cofounded Artemis Health, a company that offers a benefit optimization data platform for employers. I was a Ph.D. Fortunately, we don’t work out of my basement anymore!

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. I’m currently a tech founder, my company is a sponsorship matching platform Vettdeck.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. The second is a lack of operational scalability. I [Reid] remember when Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky told me about the offer.).

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In the first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. We continue to think keeping our doors open to non-traditional founders is a highly advantageous investment origination strategy for our members. Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. First of all, the enterprise level processes and the one like you described, where there is one or two people just trying to do basic sales with Highrise, extremely different context that they operate in, and different price points, by the way. I’m part of Women 2.0,

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2015

For a founder, the first few million dollars you raise are likely to be the messiest in the history of your company. However as we saw the inbound volume increase we needed a framework to understand the opportunities in order to make good decisions of how to spend our – and founder – time.

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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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Hunter Walker

JUNE 20, 2015

Q combines people, process and technology to deliver the operating system for physical office space. Via an iPad installed in your office, Q centralizes stellar office cleaning and other smart services to help office operations run smoothly. What is Q? It was a nice writeup of our seed investment. Yadda yadda.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2018

Mitú, specifically, which is headquartered in Los Angeles and has operations in Miami, New York, Chicago, and Bogotá, broadcasts on more than 7+ platforms from Snapchat to television. They are Influencers outpacing the reach of even Oprah and the Kardashians.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Denver, CO?—? 23: Chicago, IL?—?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He says the MBA transformed his thinking. THE FIVE C’S.

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