Chicago Operations Partner PR 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
Of partner? It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A.
View from Seed
JULY 24, 2015
We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Still others point to the collective sensibility and logic of New Englanders as an operating philosophy. More functionally, Boston needs to improve its design, branding, and PR skills. At NextView, we invest across the US.
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Hearpreneur
JANUARY 21, 2017
2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. 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. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I learned long ago at the University of Chicago where I got my MBA that investors tend to want to invest when markets become over-valued and sell when they become undervalued. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have published many of these PR Tips before. I got to help a telecom operator decide whether or not to bid on 3G spectrum and how much to pay. Not operational. Then I got my MBA at University of Chicago and reinforced my brand. Not an operator. “You should really be an operating partner.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I’m not against MBA’s (I have one myself from University of Chicago and my lovely wife was graduated from Wharton – she loves to remind me that they usually score higher in the rankings than we do).
Hearpreneur
APRIL 29, 2021
Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When Clare DeNicola and I decided to start a full-service marketing and PR firm 10 years ago, we knew we didn't want to take the usual agency branding route: put our names on the door.
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