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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.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing. PR requires time and effort from your team that isn’t spent elsewhere and thus is a real cost.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

This Is Already The Third Biggest Year In The History Of Venture Capital – [link]. The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail – [link]. Nice piece in The Atlantic on 1871 Chicago& all that is happening in the Chicago startup scene – [link]. – [link]. Panel Discussions.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. Good interview with @andrewmason on Chicago Tonight (WTTW) about @Groupon – [link]. Here’s why – [link]. Top 50 VC-backed companies in U.S., according to @WSJ – [link]. Transitioning From One Job To Another – [link].

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money | Built In Chicago - [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Chicago’s Startup Community Grows Outside Of Groupon’s Shadow | Chicagoist - [link].

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link]. Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Coupon Cactus – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good – [link]. Incubator 1871 Nurtures Chicago’s Growing Startup Scene – [link]. Staffing your startup? Pick the right kind of staffer – [link].

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. 5 Reasons The Windy City is a Great Place for Startups – [link]. How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. Could Your Business Survive Without You?

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JANUARY 4, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Pay with a Tweet” and Other Growth Hacking Examples | Venture Capital Cafe – [link]. Lightbank Aims To Change The VC Game As It Expands Its Investments Beyond Chicago | TechCrunch – [link]. – [link].

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JANUARY 25, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up – [link]. 10 Ways to Measure Your Competition – [link]. 5 Rules for Designing Like Apple | ZURB – [link].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Venture capital remains white boys club – [link]. Kevin Willer Shares His Experience Building Google’s Culture In Chicago – [link]. What Does Being a Hustler Really Mean? – [link]. Startups rarely do anything well – [link]. Advice to advisers: Stop being so nice – [link].

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

The startup takes off, raising venture capital funds faster than you can say “storybook ending.”. million in venture capital —and they continue to grow, with plans for a mobile app and potential overseas expansion. An unlikely combination: Poker winnings and venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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APRIL 24, 2012

A CEO of a company doing expense reports, which cannot get more of a McDonalds overall stamp as far as a general idea, is egotistical enough to spend all his venture capital scouring through resumes to hire coders without.NET backgrounds because.NET is cooking in a McDonald’s kitchen???? So let me get this straight.

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