Startup Food Fight: Truck vs. The City
Chicago natives Jim Nuccio and Gabriel Wiesen, are the owners of Beavers Coffee & Donuts…
Kickstarter vs. Quirky: How Crowdsourcing Can Impact Intellectual Property
Crowdsourcing websites like Kickstarter and Quirky are providing a new solution for turning ideas into marketable products…
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…