Enough With the Gloom & Doom on Groupon
In 2000-2001, I remember reading negative article after negative article on Amazon. It was burning money quickly, e-tailers were going under left and right and brick & mortar stores were...
View ArticleTechnori Pitch, October 2011 Recap by Justin Cerone
Writen by guest author, Justin Cerone.It was the last Tuesday of October. More than 500 start-up enthusiasts had filled the Chase Auditorium to celebrate Chicago entrepreneurship in the latest... No...
View ArticleSilicon City: U of I incubator Illinois Launch aims to nurture tech startups
By Steve Hendershot Last week’s reception for the Illinois Technology Assn.’s Fall Challenge featured a who’s who of Chicago tech companies, as firms such as GrubHub, Cleversafe and Centro lined up to...
View ArticleGrubHub buys food-ordering app FanGo
By Steve Hendershot FanGo Inc., a Chicago company that built an app to allow smartphone users to order food from vendors in stadiums and airports, has been acquired by another Chicago mobile-ordering...
View ArticleChicago startups bring home innovation honors
Chicago startups dominated the 10th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. Among the 10 winners brought to the stage of the Harris Theater on Tuesday night were:* Appolicious, whose websites catalog apps...
View ArticleGini Dietrich: 9 ways to turn on the charm — on stage and in the boardroom
By Gini Dietrich Earlier this week I gave the keynote address for the Center for Resource Development annual conference.During my speech, I spoke about the importance of not being boring — online or...
View ArticleGroupon’s Mason wins E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year honor
Groupon Inc. founder Andrew Mason was named emerging entrepreneur of the year by Ernst & Young on Sunday.The "emerging" category is one of 10 divisions in the global accounting firm’s national...
View ArticleSmall-biz calendar: The inside scoop on angel investing, b-to-b social media...
Crain’s brings you weekly news of seminars, networking events, awards dinners, contests and courses of interest to Chicago-area entrepreneurs. Send your event announcements to...
View ArticleSilicon City: How shifting gears from consulting to software paid off for kCura
By Steve Hendershot In 2004, law firm Foley & Lardner LLP hired Chicago-based software consultancy kCura to build a system to manage documents involved in large, corporate litigation cases. kCura...
View ArticleTaking the guesswork out of startup success
By Anne Fisher Why do most startups fail? Eric Ries, in his new book, "The Lean Startup," writes that a common culprit is “the allure of a good plan, a solid strategy and thorough market...
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