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Lessons Learned From Giving a TEDx Talk
There are quite a few rules when it comes to giving a TED talk. Talk for no longer than 18 minutes. Stay on or near the red circular carpet as much as you can. Remain in the audience throughout the... Read »
What Coffee Shops Work Best as Your Second Office
Ever yearn to get out, away from your regular office? Fellow employees can get annoying, and that couch in your home office can get quite alluring. A little change of scenery would do you some good. Read »
How to Write a Better Press Release: Guest
Because, sadly, there are no classes on this subject. But there should be. Read »
TEDxNaperville Has Ideas Worth Spreading: Guest
Jill Salzman chats with TEDxNaperville Organizer Arthur Zards about to whom he gives the conference's megaphones. Read »
How Failure Helps You Succeed: Guest
Guest contributor Jill Salzman talks to some humble local business owners brave enough to admit their own mistakes and share how you can learn from them. Read »
Do Immigrant Entrepreneurs Work Harder Than You?: Guest
Guest Contributor Jill Salzman confirms something we've suspected long ago: Americans are lazy. Read »
5 Tips for Selling your Small Business: Guest
Guest writer Jill Salzman gives the skinny on how to handle that glorious payday at the end of the entrepreneurial rainbow. Read »
How to Get a Bank Loan: Guest
Jill Salzman inadvertently finds out why most entrepreneurs are asking their friends and family for money instead. Read »
Why Women Should Go to Conferences: Guest
Jill Salzman sounds off on a provocative Forbes blog post suggesting that women should stay at home during conferences. Read »
Partnering With Your Partner: Guest
Jill Salzman teams up with her husband Adam to offer advice on how couples should work together. Read »
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Spotlight: Guaranteed Rate
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CEO Spotlight: Enova's David Fisher
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Rahm Lauds Tech Incubator 1871
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Spring Clean Your Career
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Spotlight: Redbox Instant's Amy Gibby
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Ask an Owner: Work on Business, Not in Business
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Ask an Owner: Keep an Eye on the Money
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Ask an Owner: Have a Clear Branding, Marketing Strategy
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Ask an Owner: Why You Need to Delegate Tasks
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Ask An Owner: The Biggest Lesson Learned
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Ask an Owner: Share Your Idea
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Just One Drink: Chef Stephanie Izard
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Spotlight: Baird Capital Venture Partners
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Spotlight: Discover Card's Mike Boush
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CEO Spotlight: Threadless Founder Jake Nickell
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CEO Spotlight: kCura's Andrew Sieja
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Spotlight: Sertifi's John and Nick Stojka
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Pets
Some officials have estimated the City of Chicago's dog population to be somewhere around 500,000. Add in all the cats, fish and birds and you've got yourself an industry just begging -- and barking -- to be...
Fashion
There are plenty of questions for a fledgling fashionista to answer. Never fear: We've got the goods.
Marketing
Good luck making a dent in the public conscience if you don't have marketing and branding plan to get your message out.
Food Business
Experts say 90 percent of new restaurants fail in their first year of operation. You want to be the 10 percent that makes it. But how?
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Authors
David Wolinsky
David Wolinsky is a freelance writer, lifelong Chicagoan, and reasonably handsome business-study scion.
Kim Vatis
Kim Vatis joined NBC5 News in 1997. She currently Anchors the weekend morning newscasts, is general assignment reporter and special projects reporter for the 10 PM newscasts.
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