Clik here to view.
30 SECONDS OVER CHICAGO
What’s your favorite place to hear live music in Chicago? What makes it rock? Don’t tell me—tell Gigity.TV, a Chicago startup that livestreams concerts from local venues. Continue reading →
View ArticleClik here to view.
SHORT ON MARKETING
What most start-ups don’t realize is that when you position yourself, you’ve repositioned everyone else, i.e. your competition. So there has to be a strong element of conflict in your positioning and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TALENT HIDES
I ain’t never seen no event like TechBash before. Right away, I gets hit with pounding music, flashing lights and maybe a couple thousand er more people. Place is fulla bigshots—I never seen so many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE HIDDEN DANGER IN YOUR DATA
You need to be exceedingly careful these days that you don’t let the ease of access and the ubiquity of massive amounts of quantitative performance data cause you to over-emphasize the math and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAWKS
Jonelis and Lonagan both jump to their feet and beer sloshes onto my fine white flannel suit. “Goal!” they scream in rough unison, and the stadium erupts in opposing voices of victory and outrage....
View ArticleClik here to view.
APPLESAUCE AND APPLE
by Tom McBride and Ron Nief - The students who began college this past fall have a forty percent chance of graduating in four years, and a seventy percent chance of graduating in six. They are all too...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HOW BAD IS IT
- written by Loop Lonagan - Lotsa people keep tellin’ me good things about Bob’s Bad Poetry so I’m checkin’ it out. Yeah, yeah, I know what yer thinkin’. But there’s no law against an angel investor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL DANCE
- WRITTEN BY HOWARD TULLMAN - Not feeling enough love? Yes, techies tend to be under appreciated until spit hits fan. Face it, we humans only understand the degree of our dependence on these machines...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CHICAGO—THE BEST INCUBATOR IN AMERICA?
A recently published article names Chicago the best city for early-stage companies. Surprise! What's wrong with San Fran and NYNY? It costs a kidney to pay rent for a closet. Continue reading →
View ArticleClik here to view.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE HACKED?
- written by William Shakespeare, alias Moises J. Goldman and John Jonelis - To be or not to be hacked? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,...
View ArticleHOW HYPERLOCAL ECONOMIES EVOLVE
- written by William Arrington - The evolution of HSEs and the increasing commonality of them within marketplaces is rooted in technological innovation. Digital networks have transcended geographic...
View ArticleDON’T GO BELLY UP
- written by Loop Lonagan - Sleep never comes easy when you’re building the next great tech giant from scratch. Every idle moment gets overwhelmed with a flood of notions, fears, and phone calls. You...
View Article
