Couldn’t make it to SXSW? That’s ok! I’ve got you covered. After ten exhilarating days in Austin, I’ve compiled the top five lessons I learned that are valuable for us as entrepreneurs. 1. Automate your life It’s day one and I’m about to attend my first session. Ten minutes before it begins, I meet Dave…
Sometimes meeting someone for the first time at your local coffee shop can be awkward or less productive than you’d like…
Shama Kabani is the quintessential startup hustler…
I recently sat down with Sheryl Sandberg (and nearly 700 other ladies) for a candid conversation about what it means to be a woman in the workplace, and the issues that plague gender equality…
Ever wonder what unexpected business strategies have worked for other startups?…
Essential to this economy is Chicago’s thriving ecosystem of entrepreneurs, mentors, business leaders, boosters, and investors. This is where Startup Weekend comes in…
Living in the Midwest—a place where venture capital investors are scarce and generally smaller than their venture center counterparts—presents high impact entrepreneurs with a number of challenges not generally encountered by their peers in places like Silicon Valley…
Looking at how these diverse eateries succeed in the notoriously difficult restaurant business, every startup can learn a thing or two from New York’s lunchtime cornucopia…
If you’re working on a public relations campaign, as it progresses, you will soon find yourself at this stage: You wrote a press release, came up with a stellar pitch angle, sent it to your target publication and the reporter has let you know that there is interest in running a story. Success! So, what…
Last week was the first annual Big Kansas City, a two-and-a-half-day conference on innovation and entrepreneurship. A Silicon Prairie News (SPN) event, the first-ever Big Kansas City joins Big Omaha and Big Des Moines as part of the “Big Series” conferences. The event kicked off on Tuesday, March 26th with a welcome party, and ended…