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Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: LeVar Burton
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: The Mega Talks
There are talks, and then there are Mega Talks. The second annual Chicago Ideas Week in early October is shaping up to be just as thought-provoking and seismic to our business-focused minds as last year. But... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Susan Credle
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Dan Barasch
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Deb Roy
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Kirsten Lodal
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Shawn Henry
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Ali Velshi
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Tom Szaky
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Martin Cooper
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
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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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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
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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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David Wolinsky is a freelance writer, lifelong Chicagoan, and reasonably handsome business-study scion.
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