Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Laura began Laura Orrico Public Relations, LLC in 2016 and has found major success with a number of high-profile clients across the country. We had a chance to interview Laura and asked about her story, how she started her business and the future of Laura Orrico Public Relations. Tell us your story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Seven Rules for Managing Creative People | Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 8 Steps to Mastering Time Management | OPEN Forum – [link]. 26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20 – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4! ” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The ideal product manager – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link]. 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]. Mocked And Misunderstood – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Why Chicago is One of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs | @ Technori – [link]. You Can’t Add Value If You Don’t Have Values | Built In Chicago – [link]. Why Everyone In Your Company Should Be A Product Manager | Co.Design – [link]. Startup Psychology: Why Awareness Is Awesome | ON Startups – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link]. Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link]. 30% of Excelerate Labs CEO’s have been women – Chicago more diverse that most and growing! - [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. The owner was not equipped to manage people. 3 – Google Regional Sales Manager. Sales Account Manager. 4 – Sr.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Most of our posts on the crowdSPRING Blog focus on managing businesses and startups; we often write about best practices, and offer plenty of practical tips for managers. She is as knowledgable about our business and our community as anyone and she does her job with as much grace and good humor as I have seen in 30 years in management.

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JUNE 26, 2015

The 7 scars of an entrepreneur | Chicago Tribune – buff.ly/1RwMT17. Forget Time Management; Focus on Stress Management crowdspring.co/1GxqwZu. The Surprising Downsides of Being Clever crowdspring.co/1FiX2aR. Ways to Get the Best Out of Your Employees crowdspring.co/1HojrJI. Is Social Entrepreneurship a Scam? – buff.ly/1CiaY4K.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2014

It took me a second to grasp what was happening, but I quickly realized that he was not crazy and not trying to cool himself off from the heat of a Chicago August. In contrast, the Ice Bucket Challenge is a low-cost, light-touch, ongoing event that works to build awareness and create involvement with little or no oversight or management.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Last week, Ross was contacted by an old friend, Ron May, who publishes an industry newsletter in Chicago and writes extensively about technology, startups, and small business in our region. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Photo: MissTessmacher.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

This proved invaluable because by watching customers use the app in grocery stores, the team learned that they not only an easy way to save money, but to also manage their shopping list. You can also try to build an initial following by leveraging public relations (PR). People are usually very excited to try out new products.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 1, 2016

Show Guest : Nick Brennan is the Founder & CEO of Watch Social Media , a social media marketing firm based in Chicago, IL. Nick started WSM after working in sales and marketing for tech, public relations and consulting firms throughout the Midwest. Production : Brandanew.co hosted by Upasna Kakroo.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. In High school I made flyers telling everyone I was going to own a hair salon that held fashion shows and in college I majored in Business Management. If you know how to manage it, you can leave a life of freedom.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

An awesome overview of the Chicago tech scene – crowdspring.co/1krnniz. Managing a Startup Isn’t Different – Don’t Re-invent Everything – crowdspring.co/JAZ4Od. “Chicago is now ranked as one of the top ten cities in the world for starting a company” | The Economist – crowdspring.co/19TzjmX.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

The image above shows a typical rush hour in Chicago in 1909. Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Vendors - crowdspring.co/1lL1sTK. Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Vendors - crowdspring.co/1lL1sTK. Chicago Rush Hour, 1909 – pic.twitter.com/JJP7AwhMzv. ” - crowdspring.co/1hmqTmI.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider – [link]. Chicago startups connecting with big local companies, entrepreneurs and corporations | by Wailin Wong – [link]. The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider – [link]. Here are 10 tips – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

How to Hire in Chicago – [link]. Managing and Motivating Employees in Their Twenties – [link]. Un-manage your employees – [link]. Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – [link]. How Chicago’s clout culture stifles innovation – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2011

Rose and the Chicago neighborhood – Englewood – where he grew up – [link]. Interesting “futuristic&# library at the University of Chicago (still houses physical books) – [link]. Interesting “futuristic&# library at the University of Chicago (still houses physical books) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Love seeing all the VC activity in the Chicago area! Ten Best Financial Management Tools for Freelancers – [link]. Good summary of our discussion yesterday on the Future of Publishing panel in Chicago – [link]. Should you launch (your company or new product/service) at a conference? – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2010

Managing Expectations in the Web Design Process – [link]. Thoughts on being a startup in Chicago: 3 tips for entrepreneurs – [link]. Free Fonts: Adelle Bold / Bold Italic for free download (for commercial works) – [link]. 52 Most Interesting and Creative Advertisements – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Startup fever grips Chicago companies, from Blues to law firms – [link]. Maybe people managing Brand social media accounts shouldn’t be logged into their personal accounts? Not persuaded by arguments about early stage startups & org charts – [link] – Worry about getting s**t done. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead – [link]. The Story Behind My Chicago Start-Up: What Worked and What Didn’t - [link]. Crowdsourced Writing Projects on crowdSPRING – Now LIVE! – [link]. The Most Important Element in Copywriting – [link]. 10 Tips for Copywriters – [link].

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We managed to create a single software that is so powerful that we can optimize any business whether it is manufacturing, retail, transportation, oil and gas, metals or anything else. My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

How to Make Sure Your First-Time Manager Succeeds crowdspring.co/1MKG9PP. First-Time Managers, Don’t Do Your Team’s Work for Them – buff.ly/1Ff8rQ7. First-Time Managers, Don’t Do Your Team’s Work for Them – buff.ly/1Ff8rQ7. Chicago’s Design Meat Market – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1JRFqsb.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Maggie Kravchuk has had work experience on social media brand management and now works for Rubenstein PR. Tina Chan, Social Media Manager, GEECL. Tina Chan is a Social Media Manager at Great Eastern Energy who is fascinated by the way social media has shaped the age of information. Carrie Aulenbacher , Author. Tool 4: Buffer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 16, 2015

50 Chicago tech CEOs, founders, designers & hackers you should follow on Twitter: tinyurl.com/q85zsa7. How to Manage the Wall Street Roller Coaster crowdspring.co/1BwA4NM. Here’s the Advice I Give All of Our First Time Founders | First Round – buff.ly/1xrEwJt. A Teenager’s View on Social Media – buff.ly/1xpcX3q.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago. I’m a big KISS fan, so in the 1980s when I was also in a local rock band in Cleveland, we needed an entertainment agency to manage the band. His real name is Stanley Eisen, thus Eisen Management Group. Thanks to Emily Supiot, Cozy Clicks ! #13

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2014

by Jonathan Sellers, social media strategist at EMSI Public Relations. That’s been especially true for Facebook, which had to find new ways to make money after going public two years ago. Are you a sports bar owner in Miami who wants to attract Chicago Bears fans to watch the games at your place every week?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

I received my MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago and I’m a third-gernation small business entrepreneur. It was the loss of a dear friend of mine to a brain tumor that was the catalyst behind leaving my job on Wall Street to pursue helping people with these conditions manage their nutritional needs.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Chicago-based PR firm, Walker Sands Communications has helped us compile a number of tips to help SMB owners publicize their company, sans agency. However, a word of warning from Palo Alto Software’s Community Manager, Jonathan Michael: “Never have your first interaction with an influencer be an ‘ask.’

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) Do you manage to hire any programmers in the first place. Like what?!

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

Small Business and Startups: Management for the Joy Of It | @crowdSPRING Blog – bit.ly/1CGkhu2. Reinventing Performance Management bit.ly/1GpIEUg. ‘Liking’ Your Neighborhood Cafe on Facebook is Not Enough, Shop Owner Says dnainfo.com/chicago/201504…. How Google Destroyed Internet Explorer, Visualized bit.ly/1Nactfq.

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MARCH 27, 2015

From Chicago’s 1871: Howard Tullman’s heavily caffeinated life crowdspring.co/1EAvSyW. What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the World’s Top Hedge Fund Manager crowdspring.co/1MyMvOZ. How To Connect Social Media Metrics to In-Store Foot Traffic crowdspring.co/1FalO0D. 1Fj95cC What is EMV?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Now that we’ve got you primed for your next visit to Chicago, settle back and enjoy this great set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account )! 7 Secrets to Being an Extraordinary Creative Manager crowdspring.co/1hliIP7. Why 11 A.M.

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