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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest

ReadWriteStart

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Next Chris Ruder from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Spikeball , a new volleyball-esque game that is being played at camps and college campuses. I like these two strategies.

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Female Founder Interview: Tanesha Lambert – Catalysts for Growth

The Startup Magazine

Tanesha is the founder and CEO of Intelquest, a business growth consultant in Naperville, Illinois. With a focus on ambitious entrepreneurs looking to expand, her firm helps clients develop strategic partnerships that help them live out their dreams. TSM : With a bit more detail, what does your firm do? Quality control?

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What to Know About Navigating Workers Comp in Chicago

The Startup Magazine

The US Small Business Administration breaks buying insurance into four easy steps: assess your risks, find a reputable licensed agent, shop around, and re-assess every year. Business owners should not be immediately alarmed if their employee hires a worker’s comp lawyer. Owners should not be caught without proper insurance.

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

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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. Increase brand reputation. From a day-to-day perspective, apologizing to disappointed customers can: Reduce returns.

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Founder Interview: Jim Elliott – Volunteer to NonProfit Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Jim’s efforts have been widely recognized by the Illinois Skin and Scuba Council—receiving the “Humanitarian of the Year” award in 2005—and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago—receiving the “Community Award” in all of 2005 through 2007. Once registered as a nonprofit we could begin raising money and then we were off to the races.

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How to Optimize an Affiliate Marketing Program for Profitability

ConversionXL

An affiliate network is where affiliates can go to find reputable offers to promote and where advertisers can go to find lots of affiliates. Most of them are from California (8.56%), New York (8.16%), Florida (7.40%), Texas (6.16%), Pennsylvania (5.71%) and Illinois (5.71%). What Is an Affiliate Network?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. But I stopped myself, realizing that I didn’t want to bash this small business online and forever tarnish their reputation. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review.