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Go to There: CCC’s Business Writing Seminar
If you’ve been struggling with figuring out how to make your business communications clearer and have people stop wondering what it is exactly you want them to do, a late May CCC workshop may be perfect for you.... Read »
Why the Language of Business Needs an Update
We all know popular culture has a love affair with certain words and phrases. How many times do you hear a person, a product or an event described as “amazing?” I want to throw something at the TV every time... Read »
How Senior Care Sites Provide Niche Audience with Comforting Options
Senior care is a very touchy subject. The decision to even consider a senior care community for your older family members is a difficult one to make, let alone taking on the task of deciding which is the best... Read »
How to Handle Raise Requests (as the Boss)
Money. It’s the one thing people can seemingly never have enough of, and you don’t need me to tell you that. You’ve probably spent a fair deal of your career worrying about asking for raises and how it will... Read »
How to Make The Most of This Year’s Intern Season
See the well-dressed lads and ladies bouncing around the office with a happy balance of curiosity-driven enthusiasm mixed with high-energy confidence and freedom? Those are the future leaders of our nation’s... Read »
How to Hire MBA Grads for Your Startup
Full disclosure: I never applied to nor attended business school. I never thoroughly studied the frameworks that MBA graduates can spout. While I can recite the three C’s, the four P’s and Porter’s five... Read »
Go to There: Chicago CFO Executive Summit
What does a CFO do? You might know what the letters mean, but, really, what does being a chief financial officer entail? Can you tell whether yours is doing a good job — or if it is your job, whether you’re... Read »
How to Build Great Products People Will Care About
Having shipped enterprise and small business products over the past seven years, I've learned some things about what people respond to when it comes to products from startups. Here, for your benefit, is a simple... Read »
How to Network Like You Know How to Network
So many posts on this site start off describing entrepreneurs, and that’s probably because they’re interesting, strange creatures. They run the gamut from the effortless charmer who can wring money and... Read »
How (and Why) to Have a Dog-Friendly Office
In the startup world, where work hours are long and the nature of bootstrapping can get stressful, culture plays a big part in keeping employees happy and making things fun. At doggyloot, we have a lot of great... 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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Just One Drink: Chef Fabio Viviani
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'Salsa Truck' Gets City's First License for Onboard Cooking
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