How Social Entrepreneurship is Changing Chicago (and the World)
Starting a business? There’s never been a better time to do well by doing good…
Sales Effort Optimization: The Real SEO You Need To Understand
Advice on how to optimize your efforts to improve the input/output ratio in your sales efforts…
The Entrepreneurs Lexicon (Part 1): Money Matters
As a striving entrepreneur myself, I have discovered that there are a lot of buzzwords out there…
How to Take “Safe” Risks with Your Business
When taking business risks, here are four things to keep in mind so you’re making the smartest choices possible…
Is Your Business Too Sexy to Be Successful?
Are consumer-oriented technology businesses too sexy to be successful in today’s market?…
Inside the DEMO Pit
DEMO is not an ordinary trade show, but the grandaddy of conferences dedicated to the idea of the demo…
The JOBS Act: Goodbye Free Money, Hello Administrative Nightmare
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, otherwise known as the JOBS Act, was intended to make it easier for small investors to invest in small businesses. This act comes in reaction to the plethora of crowd funding sites that have become quite popular, as well as in the interest of stimulating economic growth. My initial…
Is Your Top Client Your Biggest Business Risk?
When a business is getting off the ground, it is very tempting – indeed, compelling – to accept any customer and grow with them…
Is Your Startup Idea Any Good? Find Out in 8 Steps.
Any entrepreneur worth his or her salt has a half dozen new ideas every week…
Are Co-Located Teams More Productive?
I frequently visit incubator workspaces where I see teams earnestly working on their products in a fairly busy environment with lots of people coming and going, and I ask myself whether they would be more productive if they were not co-located in an environment with potentially many distractions. The energy and buzz of an incubator…