Mike Gioseffi, host of The Ringer’s Sports Cards Nonsense podcast, joins the show to walk Scott through the business of trading cards. Mike isn’t your typical sports-media jock, grew up in the construction industry before he started a sports card business in 2016. He talks to Scott about building the podcast off a experimental Facebook…
The market for expensive, high-end video content might be nearing a saturation point. We all know people have been passing the time in lockdown by streaming ungodly amounts of Netflix and spending an equally unhealthy amount of time online. But don’t let the success of the large platform players distract you from an…
White Sox fans have an especially close connection to Guaranteed Rate — the company that purchased the naming rights to the team’s stadium in 2016. The company’s founder, Victor Ciardelli, is happy to keep it that way. Victor grew up in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. Back then, classmates wouldn’t have predicted Victor would…
Founded in 2018 by CEO Griffin Caprio and CSO Jenn Dudley, Chicago-based Dante32 helps businesses create podcasts in a style and format that resonates with their specific audience. Beyond being a fun distraction at the gym or on your commute, podcasts are gaining recognition as an engaging and accessible business tool. While it’s easy to…
Be honest, does the mention of “business talk” conjure an image of a 1950s CEO? He’s dressed in a suit and tie, never cracking jokes — always serious and polished. This probably comes as no surprise, but around here, we believe that business talk doesn’t always have to be serious. It’s possible to be scaling…
With more information on the shortcomings, as well as the promise of the gig economy, it invites the question: Is on-demand shift work failing, or is it the future? Last year a reported 57 million Americans — over a third of the population — were a part of the gig economy. If…
Petal – the sparkling water infused with flowers and other botanicals Last spring, when Candice Crane was preparing to launch her botanical-infused sparkling water brand Petal, she didn’t play small. She knew that her product –– a certified-organic, 15-calorie, caffeine-free “better for you” beverage, was poised to bloom in a market thirsty…
To borrow a phrase from Ferris Bueller, life moves pretty fast. If you’re a business that doesn’t value data and analytics, you’re flying without instruments. That’s the core idea behind Civis Analytics, the six-year-old Chicago-based startup that’s using a data-driven approach to helping organizations optimize their outreach and engagement. It’s never…
When consumers can’t pay a bill or are living paycheck to paycheck, SpringFour believes they need direction to local resources that can help. Rochelle Nawrocki Gorey joins Scott in-studio at TechNexus to give us an exclusive look inside her company and her story. She set out to build the proper technology that would easily…
TruePublic Offers an Alternative That Won’t Make You Feel Bad There’s no shortage of controversy around social media companies. From damning revelations about online privacy on Facebook to rampant harassment on Twitter, user skepticism has increased. There’s growing recognition that these platforms — supposedly designed to bring us closer together — actually make…