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Introducing The Commitment Engine

Duct Tape Marketing

Introducing The Commitment Engine. As you can see from the image here, my third book – The Commitment Engine – Making Work Worth It is just about ready to go. The Commitment Engine hits the shelves Oct 11. And, I would like to give you a free copy! A bit more on that in a minute, but first, what’s the book about?

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Take Action Chicago: Chicago Fair Trade

The Startup Magazine

Click here to sign-up for future Take Action Chicago updates! Meet our friends at Chicago Fair Trade. Chicago Fair Trade believes that consumers in the Chicagoland area play a huge role in the global economy. Conscious consumers who make ethical choices are an engine not just of economic growth, but of economic justice.

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

Both Sides of the Table

what your product & engineering thought they cared about and you adapt your offering. 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. were more distributed.

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Female Founder Interview: Author and Business Leader Martha Razo

The Startup Magazine

and owner of Solix Business Services, both Chicago businesses, created this book to share the stories of women taking their futures and lives into their own hands. in Industrial engineering. For instance, my new mission is finishing my doctorate in industrial engineering. Razo, CEO of Guero Pallets, Inc. I am pursuing my Ph.D.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC?

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

Both Sides of the Table

She was one of the lead engineers at Uber. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. I think you’d really enjoy meeting her wether you decide to invest or not. 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.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Rather than focus the university inward on research, Terman took the radical step of encouraging Stanford professors and graduate students to start companies applying engineering to pressing military problems.