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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. “Empower Your Small Business”, crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter: content marketing, lean biz, more – [link]. Chicago’s Exploding Tech Startup Scene: Second to None – [link]. 25 Free Serif Fonts - [link].

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APRIL 18, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business | Smashing UX Design – [link]. Small Business and Startups: Cultivate Trust and Nurture Loyalty – [link].

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MARCH 28, 2013

Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends! Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends! Tech Startup City: G2 Crowd in Chicago | Forbes – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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JUNE 28, 2013

Chicago startups connecting with big local companies, entrepreneurs and corporations | by Wailin Wong – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The image on the left is “The Bean&# in Chicago – photographed in HDR. Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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MARCH 10, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. What Lean Startups are NOT – [link]. The Dirty Secret About Software and Product Features – [link]. Good interview with @andrewmason on Chicago Tonight (WTTW) about @Groupon – [link].

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APRIL 5, 2013

Being Kind To Your Prospective Customers Is Good Business – (Lean Business: Do Unto Others) – [link]. Being Kind To Your Prospective Customers Is Good Business – (Lean Business: Do Unto Others) – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4! Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link].

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Pennies from Heaven: Chicago Startups’ Experiences with Angel Investors – [link]. Flyover Geeks: 2010′s Top 30 in Chicago tech – [link]. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! – [link]. Focus on Enterprise or SMB Accounts?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. Why Chicago is the Best Place to Start a Digital Startup - [link]. Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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JANUARY 12, 2011

The image above is from an outstanding collection of black and white photographs taken by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work was discovered at an auction in Chicago. crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link].

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. Good (short) video interview with Kevin Willer about the value 1871 Chicago offers entrepreneurs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Here’s crowdSPRING’s @chrisdetmer playing an original tune at a recent performance in Chicago – [link]. Warner Bros.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Groupon’s value to Chicago goes beyond Google deal – [link]. – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. lean Democrat – [link]. “Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategies – [link]. Literally – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. Nice piece in The Atlantic on 1871 Chicago& all that is happening in the Chicago startup scene – [link]. Where the boys are: Women building businesses in male-dominated fields – [link]. Panel Discussions.

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APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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