Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

For example, my firm at the time, Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, the wholly owned SBIC of Chicago’s Continental Bank, had many successful investments. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window. Some worked; some did not.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

“The Internet is the first place most people turn to find information and learn virtually anything, but there’s no sense of organization — you have to stumble through, often running into dead ends along the way,” says Kris Chinosorn, who started MentorMob with fellow University of Illinois graduate and co-founder Vince Leung. “At

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

” Digital Marketing, offered by the University of Illinois. A lot of the courses offered are within the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) realm, but there are a number of arts and humanities courses as well as courses of interest to small business owners in entrepreneurship, finance, and careers. Best of all?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

Chicago, Illinois-based FeeFighters is a free-to-use online comparison engine that lets you find the best rates for credit card processing services. If you’re a small business owner who accepts payment through credit cards, you may want to check FeeFighters out.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

These investors are looking towards Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and other Midwestern states for cheaper, less congested opportunities. Should you need help with blog writing, social media management, or search engine optimization , you can contract a freelancer that can cover these duties. Have a backup plan for personal emergencies.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2011

If you’re wondering about how small business view bank loans, this infographic from Chicago, Illinois-based credit card processing fee comparison engine FeeFighters shows that only 42-percent of small businesses see bank loans as a viable financing option.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 1955, the pretense of keeping unclassified and classified work separate imposed too much of an administrative overhead and Stanford merged the Applied Electronics Lab and the Electronics Research Laboratory into the Systems Engineering Lab. The Applied Electronics portion of the lab was now the size of a small company.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2015

and co-author of “ A Whole New Engineer ” . emeritus professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Distinguished Academic Partner of Olin College is co-author of “ A Whole New Engineer “ Thinking Aloud David Goldberg education university' by David E.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. EALgreen’s unique and innovative mission takes on the problem of industrial waste by transforming surplus inventory into college scholarships. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

Other examples of “philanthropic” entrepreneurs include Gary McDougal – a former Partner at McKinsey - who later in his life re-engineered the broken Illinois welfare system and made it a model nation-wide.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Other examples of “philanthropic” entrepreneurs include Gary McDougal - former Partner at McKinsey - who later in his life re-engineered the broken Illinois welfare system and made it a model nation-wide.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Then Jay Dias from Barrington, Illinois, presented Eventbin.com , a site where she plans to bring together discounts and coupons from numerous vendors, all targeted towards moms. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eventbin.com. Discuss.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Mr. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and was a golf instructor at Club Med in Mexico and the Bahamas. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Chris Wilmer, a PhD student in chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, solved a challenge that involved the lack of access to clean water in poor villages of developing countries. He found inspiration in the success of a mobile-phone business run by the Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Take, for example, the case of organ donorship in Illinois. Defaults are engineered to give a better user experience right away, with the option to customize down the line. In addition to using mandated choice with driver’s license applications, they say how many people are organ donors already.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Around 4 out of 10 hail from the same 4 states; California, Texas, Illinois and New York. (7) In terms of education, more than 50% of these global business leaders have degrees in business, economics or accounting, and 27% studied engineering or science. 14% started at 23. 15% started at 24. 8% started from 29 to 30.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. And to help teach these many teams, the NSF will recruit other universities that have engineering entrepreneurship programs to become part of the Innovation Corps network. Congressman Lipinski Gets It.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

Jennifer Robbennolt , a Professor of Law and of Psychology at University of Illinois, gauged the reaction of survey respondents when they heard an apology throughout hypothetical injury-settlement cases. This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason [.] This was not a corporate decision.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

You can read more about our window technology in the latest issue of Chemical Engineering Progress. We collaborated at the Los Alamos National Lab, the National Renewable Energy Lab, and University of Illinois. Solar cells like near-infrared light best, and plants prefer yellow/orange/red. How do you choose which to focus on?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life – [link]. Revealing picture of how fucked Illinois is even compared to other troubled states like CA and NJ – [link]. Impressive Aluminum Based Package Designs – 37 Packages – [link]. Google’s Elemental API Periodic Table – [link].

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Engineering & Accounting Svcs. . - Amusement & Recreation. Auto Repair, Parts & Services. Beauty Salons, Barber Shops. Computer & Software Services. Drycleaning/Laundry Services. Educational Services. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Freight, Moving/Delivery. Health, Medical & Dental. Hotels & Other Lodging Places.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 28, 2018

We perform all aspects of repairs from oil changes all the way to engine replacements and transmission and drive train repair. Moran Family of Brands is one of the nation’s leading franchisors of general automotive repair, transmission repair and automotive accessory centers.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

And this was at a prestigious engineering school. Founded seven years ago, In Blue Handmade began when then I moved out of Chicago, left my job in the music business, dropped $90 on a Singer sewing machine and moved into a farmhouse in southern Illinois. The professor would write on something that resembled a whiteboard.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Simulation applications After six months, we hypothesized that our most likely customers were scientists and engineers who used one of five applications: computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, computational chemistry and seismic data processing and reservoir simulation. Their interest was easy to understand.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Read their latest case study: A Canadian Printer Leaves its Servers in Illinois. Blos it ranks quit well in The Seachr Engines eyes and hase a cool pack of plugins that come with. Posted by: George | May 14, 2010 3:46 AM I love Wordpress asewell, without it bloggers would have a tough time ranking in the search engines.

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