PICKING YOUR FOUNDERS is one of the most critical aspects of starting a new business. Typically most founders pick anywhere from one to two additional people to partner with. Imagine for a second having seven additional co-founders to start off…
The blogosphere is on fire lately regarding the lack of women who launch and/or lead tech companies. So what’s going on? That’s the million dollar question people are trying to answer, especially after the Center for…
THINKING OF THE WORST MOMENT to enter the Chicago technology scene, one would probably pick the end of the year 2000. The tech bubble was in full collapse, many large companies were already vanishing, and jobs were certainly not easy to find…
Ask any entrepreneur to name their single biggest challenge, and most will reply, almost instinctively, with the same answer: Hiring. Hiring new employees for your business can be an overwhelming and frustrating journey. In addition to…
IT’S RARE that anyone gets the chance to inspire a declining industry with a new product that shows true potential to bring in new revenues. That’s what Corey Blake, CEO of Writers of the Roundtable, experienced when he began to…
We wanted to start the year off at Technori with a person that encompasses much of what we discussed in our open letter to the community. Someone who is building meaningful connections and encouraging community inside the business world here…
The need to come together as one business community has never been greater than it is now. In 2011 there is going to be a continuing explosion of new startups to follow up on the growth in 2010. In addition there will be new initiatives and…
Last November, Technori.com interviewed several Chicago-based angel investors to learn what they look for in potential investments, and to pass along some suggestions for entrepreneurs looking for seed funding from angel investors. The…
CONTEMPLATING THE SHAMBLES of his broken business, Bryan Johnson knew he needed a break from entrepreneurship for a while. His angel funded VOIP company had just evaporated in the combined collapse of the dot-com bubble and 9/11; burning…
KATY LYNCH’S life can seem contradictory in many ways, but it seems to work so well for her. At first glance many see an all American woman, blond hair and blue eyes, but then this deep Scottish accent comes out out of no where. As our…