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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Olga has a great story as CEO and Founder of SHENIX , a Chicago-based fintech app company focused on financial education and advisory services for Latinas. Negocios Now named Olga among Chicago’s Most Influential 50 Latinos. Crain’s Chicago Business named Olga among “Chicago’s Most Powerful Latinos” in 2019.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Rinse and repeat for 10 days and I keep reminding myself that I’ve got this to do list of new deals the stack rank and there was that company I had seen and liked a couple of weeks ago. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. Would it be alright if I brought her by your offices for a super quick coffee?” (In

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

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed.

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Thoughts on being a startup in Chicago: 3 tips for entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

When we first conceived of the idea that would ultimately become crowdSPRING, we never even discussed the possibility of starting the company anywhere but Chicago – it never occurred to us that we might have an easier go of it elsewhere, or that we might be able to tap into resources not available to us here. Why go elsewhere?

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 If you have a storage need in one of these cities please consider checking out MakeSpace.

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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

YoungUpstarts

And then there’s New York-based Lemonade, the most recent insurtech startup to make its way into California. Celina Kirchner is a full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

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TechStars Chicago Applications Are Now Open

Feld Thoughts

TechStars Chicago applications are now open. You didn’t know there was a TechStars Chicago? Last night I was in Chicago at 1871 , the amazing 50,000 square foot co-working space in the Chicago Merchandise Mart that has become the convening spot for the digital economy in Chicago and the home of Excelerate Labs.

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