YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

1985 Chicago Bears. DC Comics’ team brings to the world-saving table Superman’s struggle for “truth, justice, and the American way;” Batman’s take-one-for-the-team nobility; Green Lantern’s handy jewelry; and Aquaman’s, um, super-amazing breaststroke skills. Besides, JLA could beat the Avengers in a fight.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Well, Green Envee Organics can help fix that. Your moisture-sapped skin, that is, not Chicago’s snow deficiency. For Chicago citizens, they have a shop located just off the Grand Red Line station. Green Envee Organics is 100% truly plant based Body and Skin Care Company. And, apparently, this year so snowless.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

A quarter of all Chicago-area mortgages underwater – [link]. Gmail is “green&# according to Google – [link]. The Rise of Moonlighting and ‘Moonpreneurs’ – [link]. 32 of the Strangest Houses in the World – [link]. Cool places – [link]. BMW Developing Laser Vehicle Headlights [link].

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 28, 2020

Bloomberg, Chicago Sun-Times, etc. Green Man Gaming. There are different companies in different sectors that have introduced digital currencies as a new payment option. Here is a list of services: Dish Network. ExpressVPN. SuicideGirls. When gaming started most of us had to go back and buy games physically. PlayStation Network.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

With temperature highs steadying at a cool and comfy 100 degrees this week in Chicago, it’s too hot to bother with lengthy, clever intros. We carry green clipboards and “diagnose” prospects as they stop by the booth. So, I’ll just cut to the chase: this week we’re featuring the website Hireology.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The green in the sky is the aurora borealis. CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link]. The Butcher & Larder whole animal butcher shop in Chicago - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Take a Tour of 1871, a New 50,000 sq-ft Coworking Space in Chicago – [link]. 30 Lovely Green Business Cards – [link]. Good article about Facebook’s dual stock class structure & investors – [link]. Why stay-at-home mothers are more depressed than working moms – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

by Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “ Our planning session was occurring and there he was. The taxi was green… it stands out in my memory as green is my favorite color. A Hilton employee quietly entered with copies in his hand. Bright, cheerful, and bringing added value.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Make Everyone Jealous with Green Themes, Palettes and Artworks – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Paper: the next great iPad app, from the brains behind Courier – [link]. 40 free high resolution leaf textures – [link]. Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From the beginning, the BHSI Fellowship has created meaningful, customized experiences for Fellows with connections to influential business and civic leaders, exposure to a broad audience as a speaker at Chicago Ideas, and over $3 million in financial support and in-kind contributions.”.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Let’s take a look: Start Your Own Green Marketing Consultant. The green economy is taking off right now, thanks to the plummeting price of green technologies, like solar. Right now, thousands of companies are looking for ways to make their businesses green and improve their green credentials.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

By Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “. As I get my bags a red, yellow and green traffic type light confronts and guides whether you need to get your bags checked by Immigration or not. If you get a Green light, which I did, out the exit door you go. When does a fish notice water?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Green Envee Organics – [link]. Kevin Willer Shares His Experience Building Google’s Culture In Chicago – [link]. Small business and startup tips: 5 ways to tune out distractions! – [link]. What Good Does Design Do For Business? – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2010

44 Examples of Unique and Inspiring Green Logos – [link]. Thoughts on being a startup in Chicago: 3 tips for entrepreneurs – [link]. Realism in User Interface Design – [link]. 10 Quick Tips for Running a Website Optimization Test – [link]. Webdesigners Should Learn Some Business – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Rent A Green Box – [link]. VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. 7 Simple productivity tips you can apply today, backed by science | The Buffer Blog – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

This is precisely why MakeSpace is growing so rapidly in its core markets: New York, Chicago and Washington DC where they can literally come and pick up your furniture and move it away and you never had to visit a facility and they do this at a cheaper price than incumbents by centralizing the location and thus having cheaper infrastructure costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We quietly then launched furniture in Chicago and Washington DC and – BOOM – game changer. There are no easy answers. The Perfect Storm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

GRP’s biggest winners over the years have not only come from LA (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar) but from Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Las Vegas (HDI), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack), London (LastMinute.com) and other locations. What will he do with his other 50% time?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2012

Goode moved to Chicago after the Civil War and opened a furniture store with her husband Archibald, a carpenter. That led to her invention, a desk that turned into a bed, an ideal innovation for the small-space, tenement living that was a reality for many working-class Chicago residents at the time. Hetty Green.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2014

What changes from tech-crazy California to the commodities economy of Chicago? Many people picture Washington as a green, rainy state, but across the mountains on its Idaho border the state is actually quite arid. Entrepreneurial Differences. Everything. How’s the L.A. market for snow boots? Not promising? Obviously not.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

BIG NEWS: Unemployment | For Profit Colleges | Financial Reform | Small Business America | Royal Wedding More Log in | Sign Up Edit Preferences Logout News Web Like 303K CONNECT FRONT PAGE US CANADA POLITICS POLITICS HUFFPOST HILL 2012 ELECTIONS GREEN POLLSTER SPECULATRON BUSINESS DAILY FINANCE SMALL BIZ BLOG AUTOBLOG HUFFPOST TECH TECHCRUNCH THE WATCHDOG (..)

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest case in point: John and Hank Green of the Vlog Brothers’ sold-out show at Carnegie Hall last Tuesday night. Let’s hope the Greens possess an “any publicity is good publicity” attitude. John and Hank Green are by no means the first YouTube act to find an audience in the real world.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2013

50 years from now someone else will be slippin on the Green jacket, I assure you. The most famous part of Augusta National Golf Course is at the far end of the real estate – a little spot called “Amen Corner”, where patrons can see the green at hole 11, the entire par 3 12th, and the tee shot at #13. Let me explain….

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

Last week, I attended LeakyCon here in Chicago with my daughter and her best friend. One of the panels we went to was run by John & Hank Green, a.k.a. The Green brothers started their video blogging in the early days of YouTube. LeakyCon is a conference for Harry Potter fans, and much, much, more.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Students with entrepreneurial inclinations should find inspiration in Majora Carter’s fascinating tales of some impressively enterprising individuals from Chicago, Los Angeles and Whitesville, West Virginia. Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Photo Credit: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Build a Head ! #9- Thanks to Nick Antonopoulos, SEO Digital Chicago ! #26- Over the years, my idea has evolved into more than just a business. It's turned into a mission for me. Thanks to Kathryn Smithson, PathSocial ! #8- 8- Helping my team to achieve success.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc ! #8 Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago. We were looking at off the wall names like Green Flame and things like that. Thanks to Ethan Warren, Corner Piece Productions ! #7 7 – Translation of Sundiata.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2013

So you’ll be hearing a lot more from Chicago Startup Guy here in the future , but for today let’s talk about Google Glass… and what better way than to quote fellow Chicagoan and startup icon, Ferris Bueller while on on his day off: “ The question isn’t what are we gonna to do today, it’s what aren’t we going to do today.”.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 1, 2014

The glorious green grass of the work-from-home employee is a goal for many successful people (and not-so-successful people) and a great way to hire the best talent without having to pay to relocate them. For every desk-bound cubicle-dweller, the dream is to work from home. No physical demands. No need to look over your shoulder.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2012

Sinclair, a journalist, went undercover for seven weeks in the meatpacking factories in Chicago where he discovered that everyone who had power in the stockyards expected bribes and blacklisting was just an everyday part of business. You can thank Rachel Carson, at least in part, for this change in culture.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 7, 2018

Once every few years we’ll combine it with a trip somewhere (New York, Chicago) just to change the atmosphere a little, but even then, other than a fancy dinner somewhere, it’s on the modest side. We often start with a Red/Yellow/Green check-in. Many of them are either at Jason’s house, my house, or a hotel in Denver.

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The Next Web

MARCH 4, 2014

You can see the Attentional Control Network (in green) and the Imagination Network (in red) in the image below. A University of Chicago study found that ambient noise was the optimal level for creativity, whereas extreme quiet sharpens our focus , making it hard for us to think creatively.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

When we saw that the strongest area of our business pertained to office and business supplies, we seized the opportunity to concentrate on that and create a single source environment that specializes in providing companies with the widest and largest selection of green business & office products. Thanks to Tony Ellison, Shoplet.com !

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2011

With green technology becoming more and more in demand, many homeowners are struggling to connect with companies that sell products like solar panels, but also contractors who can design and install the systems. Residential solar installations are much more prevalent in other parts of the country, not necessarily Chicago or the Midwest.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MARCH 3, 2010

I met a lot of B-school students - Cal , Stanford , Chicago (yes, Chicago, 3 students took 3 days off to attend Stanford E-week). When asked if he had a business card, he said with a straight face, “I’m going green, I don’t have a business card.&# Yeah right! No you can’t have my list. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you’re walking down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, buying a sandwich at a bocadillo bar in Seville, or sitting on the beach in Bali, sometimes it feels like the two groups might as well be the Sharks and the Jets. Additionally, the eco-tourism market is overflowing with companies now green-washing their offerings.

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David Cohen

APRIL 1, 2018

One family is from Chicago, with a mom, dad, and two kids. Great lunch, it was friend chicken tenders, rice and black beans, a green salsa, plantains, and fruit juice. Some more green salsa, and this time some kind of pink fruit juice. The other families seem nice/sane/easy going. Their youngest is about 9 years old, I think.

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