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How to Combat the Challenges of Production When You're a DIY Operation
Everyone sells something. It's silly to pretend we don't. It might be a product, it might be a service or it might be yourself on a job interview. In some ways, though, selling a product is the hardest of all... Read »
How Online Productivity Tool IFTTT Can Speed Up your Business
IFTTT will change your life. So will your attempts to recommend it to your friends: There's no easy explanation for this website. You have to dive in and try it to make sense of it yourself. Read »
How to Create Simple, Short Videos for your Business
Creating videos may seem like a daunting task, so here is a quick guide to creating 21 amazing videos for less than a grand. Businesses get stuck on the misconception that videos should either be produced by an... Read »
Manning Productions on Using New Media to Reach Niche Audiences
Unfortunately, there isn't really a non-stodgy way of introducing a full-service, digital creative agency, but Chicago's Manning Productions, founded in 1985 comes awful close: "we're an agency that uses design... Read »
Why You Shouldn't Block Shopping Sites for the Holidays
Thinking of blocking certain sites at your office to prevent your employees from doing their holiday shopping on your dime? According to a new study by Robert Half Technology, you wouldn't be alone: 60... Read »
PHOTOS: The Wackiest Ways to Promote Your Brand
What do a motorized cooler, the sole of a flip-flop, and a guitar-playing t-shirt... See Full Gallery »
Hidden Benefits, Challenges in Selling a Green Product
Allyson Beaton of Grow Books Press, a manufacturer of eco-friendly kid's books, reflects on her difficulties and successes. Read »
Why Vacations are Good for Entrepreneurs
Small business owners rarely take vacations. Here are reasons to take off once in a while. 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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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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David Wolinsky is a freelance writer, lifelong Chicagoan, and reasonably handsome business-study scion.
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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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