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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. We curate and aggregate a collection of talented made-to-measure designer brands who showcase their garments in our integrated marketplace platform.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

We’ve curated important statistics and separated them into five categories: General facts and statistics. Start by making sure you build a great business brand, including a strong business name and a memorable logo design. We’re partial to Chicago. Here’s a good look at coworking spaces in Chicago.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

We’ve curated important statistics and separated them into five categories: General facts and statistics. Start by making sure you build a great business brand, including a strong business name and a memorable logo design. We’re partial to Chicago. Here’s a good look at coworking spaces in Chicago.

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Get the Heck Out of the Building in Founder’s School: Part 2

Steve Blank

As in the first part of this series, I’m in good company – I’m joined in Founders School by Noam Wasserman of Harvard teaching Founder’s Dilemmas , Craig Wortmann University of Chicago covering Entrepreneurial Selling , Peter McDermott helping understand Intellectual Property , and Nathan Gold offering how to give Powerful Presentations.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

CHICAGO MetricsR was created from an acronym based on the 6 Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that we leverage to help CIOs and CISO tell their story in business terms. These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. Thanks to EdwardMarchewka, CHICAGO MetricsR ! #3-

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Animate The Vision

YoungUpstarts

American architect and urban designer Daniel Burnham understood this. Instead, in describing his “city of the future” master plan for Chicago, he spoke from his heart about what he’d pictured for his hometown. Don’t let your talents be diluted, either, by canned sales presentations that are packed full of data and product features.

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The Indie.vc Companies

Bryce Dot VC

Given the tight timelines, it was a mad scramble to pull the week together but Sarah did an exceptional job curating content that delivered valuable insights and fresh perspectives for the participating teams. is not designed to be an impact fund, a gender focused fund or a way to give back and/or settle for a lower return profile.

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