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More than six months after Sandy, many repeat summer renters have not yet booked homes on Long Beach Island, N.J. over fears of damage from the storm. Realtors and homeowners, who typically have the bulk...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:57 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/touchscreen.jpeg
As an entrepreneur, the most precious commodity you have is time. There never seems to be enough of it for you to fill every role you play every day. It's enough just to be CEO, accounts...

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Thanks to TV, it seems that pitching investors for funding or for a chance to win prize money to launch or boost startups has become more and more mainstream, and desirable. If you are looking for a chance to ge...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:27 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/InternetWeekParties.jpg
Thanks to TV, it seems that pitching investors for funding or for a chance to win prize money to launch or boost startups has become more and more mainstream, and desirable. If you are looking for a chance to ge...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:08 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/handshake_web.jpg
Business partnerships are pseudo-marriages, and finding a cofounder who complements you can be as grueling as dating. However, the relationship between partners can be the deciding factor in a...

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The 2013 National Restaurant Association Show is bigger than in years past, with 60,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibitors. LeeAnn Trotter reports.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 16:49:16 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/227*120/Screen+Shot+2013-05-21+at+12.25.26+PM.png
This one comes from Gamasutra, the games-industry-focused site, but it still has plenty of relevance to entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to make apps. There are plenty of legitimate complaints to be...]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 14:57:53 -0500
Investigating the Issues That Affect You Most]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 09:08:56 -0500
NBC Chicago's series at helping you better manage your money and keep more of it in your pocket.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:13 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/180*120/aaaapostcards.jpg
This is another referral post, just so you know, so there won’t be a ton of insight added here. I stumbled upon a post called “Why Images Matter to Your Content Marketing” over on networksolutions.com, so...]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:11 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/198*120/grubhubimages.jpg
Seamless North America and GrubHub, two major players in the online food ordering sector, have announced Monday. Reportedly, the merger will grant customers in the 500 cities access to local restaurants.]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:31 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/230*120/Screen+Shot+2013-05-14+at+12.56.06+PM.png
About a year ago, Groupon acquired Breadcrumb, the creator of a POS system and iPad app that targets local restaurants. Now, the daily-deals company is launching the payment system for]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:29 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/211*120/Zach+Braff+Kickstarter.jpg
Has your Facebook or Google+ page stalled because of lackluster engagement? As an SEO analyst and social media expert at OpticsPlanet.com, I’d love to tell you that posting 5 percent more often or with...]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 20:48:01 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/home_foreclosure.jpg
Bank of America and Wells Fargo are accused by law enforcement of turning their backs on struggling homeowners. Lisa Parker reports.]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 13:59:12 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/160*166/137592220.jpeg
This blog is my campaign to free Andrew Mason from all the criticism levied against him and to crown him the Startup King of Chicago. After all, he turned the basic idea of group-buying discounts into...

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Come May 21, if your email marketing could use a little spit-shinin', Scott Winterroth, the founder of Front and Social will be at the free co-working space Next Door on

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Here's a weird one: "Every additional letter added to your name accounts for a $3,600 drop in annual salary" according to online job matching site TheLadders. What the baseline or ideal number of letters...

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Whether you are tired, multitasking, distracted or you simply have fat fingers, the odds are it will happen to you: you dial a number on the phone and mistakenly hit one wrong]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 19:12:16 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/430PPKGINTERNETSALESTAXV2_11105182_722x406_29113923664.jpg
Proposed Internet sales tax will make collecting taxes from different taxing jurisdictions costly and time-consuming, some businesses say. LeeAnn Trotter reports.]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 16:31:55 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Groupon+Off+2.jpg
The shake-ups at the daily-deal giant continue: Faisal Masud, Groupon’s VP and GM of Groupon Goods, will be leaving the company by the end of the month. Where he’s leaving for hasn’t yet been disclosed...

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There was a time when it seemed like Groupon and daily deals were Chicago and the startup world’s future. That has changed radically, certainly within the last year. As Groupon’s star has been waning,...

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1871's One-Year Anniversary Party]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 10:15:58 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Andrew+Mason+2.jpg
It feels like two ice ages ago when Andrew Mason was fired in February by Groupon, the company he helped create and make so dang ubiquitous. But now, it’s three months later and what’s going on with Groupon?]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:26:44 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Lifeguard+training+Milford.jpg
Entrepreneurs are often great at making lists. We have grand plans to expand, conquer and define our territory. So why do certain items keep getting pushed down that to-do list and never actually get done?]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 19:32:51 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/160*120/FB13.JPG
Mark Zuckerberg has clicked "Like" on the Keystone XL Pipeline — and now his timeline is going to be chock-full of angry. The Facebook founder and CEO recently started a political advocacy group called FWD.us —...

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Even as foreclosure rates subside, homeowners "underwater" on their loans maintain one common complaint: paperwork delays seem to start, and end, inside banks.]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:33:55 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/yelp+1.jpg
Our business encourages 100 percent of our customers to write reviews of our repair service. Most people that write reviews put them on Yelp.]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:26:33 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/touchscreen.jpeg
I’ve written plenty of times about what’s involved with building an app or commissioning an outside team to help on that endeavor, but not really much on how to manage expectations when you’re building

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In case you had not heard, Facebook has been losing millions of users per month in its biggest markets, according to Business Insider, which, in turn, is citing “independent data.” It’s hard to get a feel for th...]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:33 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Slide_aweber.jpg
AWeber Communications headquarters in Chalfont, Bucks County, Pa. isn't your average workplace as it features video games, a pool table and even slides. NBC10's Jesse Gary reports ahead of the...

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Spring clean your career with help from Chicago Temp Agency LaSalle Network]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:37:09 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/180*120/165993395_8.jpg
I periodically flip through one of the better books about creativity, published last year by visual artist and author, Austin Kleon. It’s called Steal like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about...

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There is no more put-down technology than the QR code. The red-headed stepchild of web marketers, the QR code is an easy go-to punchline, like this Tumblr filled with people scanning QR codes.]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:36:00 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/167*120/file0001982605443.jpg
Facebook has been catching a lot of flak lately for its attempts to monetize a service it promised would always be free. Besides charging one dollar to message somebody off your friends list (don’t even get...]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:43:49 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/livingsocial.jpg
LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, says more than 50 million customer accounts may have been compromised by a cyberattack. Customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:27 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/money040813.jpg
I’ve picked on the word “innovation” a lot this week, but here’s something pretty cool from the University of Illinois at Chicago: The just-established Chancellor’s Innovation Fund established $2 million per yea...]]>