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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

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. University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Business Administration Alumni Leadership Academy Inductee. Northeastern Illinois University Foundation Board.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

For example, my firm at the time, Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, the wholly owned SBIC of Chicago’s Continental Bank, had many successful investments. The remainder failed as a result of the phenomenon of investing in the best deals in their region which typically were not competitive on a national or global scale.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures.

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (PRWEB) JULY 12, 2017. He got his start in entrepreneurship when he was in college, where he attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. and North Park University. Raising sponsorship funds?

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Business Apologies: What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Do

ConversionXL

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. ConvertKit faced backlash when they announced a planned name change to “Seva.” How businesses should apologize.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

I truly believe this is the year where quantum dots make a name for themselves in agriculture, and so its about marketing, sales, manufacturing, and generally about traction in the market. We have a partnership on anti-counterfeit security inks, which can address the global $500B counterfeit goods problem.