In Excelerate Labs Tradition, Month-Old TechStars Metes Out Intensity; Discipline
Gregory Coleman, co-founder of weight loss app Nexercise, has heard his product called an “ugly baby” many times.
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Scaling Success: When Startups Grow Startups
Imaging having a startup that is doing so well, you now have the resources to create another startup within the company.
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BabbaCo Founder Shares Starting Tips
You never really know who is a potential investor. That’s what Jessica Kim discovered after telling an acquaintance at her church about her efforts to…
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Mayor Visits ‘1871’ Incubator On One-Year Anniversary
CHICAGO― Mayor Emanuel attends a roundtable with local technology companies to discuss the impact of 1871 on Chicago’s growing digital economy. ❒
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Starter League Expands Reach to Thousands of Public School Students
CHICAGO, IL— About one thousand Chicago public school students will develop web design and coding skills through an expanded partnership with the local startup The…
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Chicago/Midwest NextChaptr Places 2nd in StartupBus Pitch
Coming into this weekend, I considered taking part in the StartupBus competition (or maybe more aptly called StartupBus “social experiment”) as a sort of mix…
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Midwest/Chicago StartupBus on a Roll to SXSW
In the lobby of the Merchandise Mart, a group of developers, designers, and business experts, some from other Midwest cities, gathered and introduced themselves…
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Startup Leadership Program Graduates Batch of CEOs
Imagine a class where everyone is a chief executive officer-in-training. The Startup Leadership Program (SLP), a highly-selective six-month training program, has that type of…
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No Quick Exits for “37 Signals” Founder
Jason Fried likes to think long-term. No quick exits for this entrepreneur nor for his company, 37 Signals — a web collaboration application for…
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Startup “Belly” Marks 1 Million Customers
Belly, Inc., a loyalty-rewards program which got its start 18 months ago at Lightbank, a high-growth startup incubator, is celebrating its one millionth customer….
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