I’ll be direct in my request. I’ve written a book on entrepreneurism that fills a gap in content that has been missing in the market place. After starting, running and selling a business of ten years the inspiration for From Idea to Exit came to me. The book covers the evolution of the entrepreneur and [...]
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2011 Book of the Year Awards
April 4, 2012 – 9:47 pm
ForeWord Magazine Reviews has announced its Finalists for its 2011 Book of the Year Awards, and From Idea to Exit has made the cut! Triple Nickel Press is thrilled to announce that From Idea to Exit: The Entrepreneurial Journey by Jeffrey Weber is a finalist in the Business & Economics category. See the complete list [...]
Seeking hungry college entrepreneur in Chicago area
March 7, 2012 – 11:54 am
I’m looking for a hungry college student (Grad or undergrad, JR/SR) wanting to lead a new venture. I am an experienced entrepreneur that has founded and sold a company to a Fortune 100 and I’m looking to do it again. I have an idea that has received very good feedback in terms of the concept, [...]
30/30/30
February 20, 2012 – 1:47 pm
Hello, I’ve asked you all to vote for my book, “From Idea to Exit” and I wanted to thank you and the community for your efforts. The top five books in each category were awarded – and we won! To say thank you, I am offering 30/30/30. I will mentor 30 entrepreneurs for 30 minutes [...]
Help get the vote out!
February 3, 2012 – 7:31 am
My book is up for an award and it seems to take social media votes to win. Seems silly to ask people to vote – regardless if they read the book or not.?! Anyway, the publicity helps. See below – and Vote!. Triple Nickel Press needs your help! From Idea to Exit has been nominated [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 11) – “Validation”
December 31, 2011 – 5:53 pm
This may conclude my blog journal of the start up experience – at least for a while. For the past month or so I have been meeting with various stakeholders to validate our purpose, solution, business model and revenue streams. Everything has been positive, but since we are something new and leveraging very new concepts [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 10) – “Break Throughs”
December 28, 2011 – 11:58 pm
It has been a very busy time since my last entry. 1. We decided on a law firm. We chose Perkins Coie to do our incorporation and founder’s agreement. They have a focus on start ups and have west coast roots. They have helped us to create a legal path with investors in mind and [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 9) – “Hard Work Continues”
December 13, 2011 – 10:05 am
Monday roles around too fast (my target day to blog). Here we are at Tuesday. We anticipate migrating from a partnership to a C corp, registered in Delaware by month’s end to take advantage of a unique investment exclusion for new start ups: (http://www.perkinscoie.com/news/pubs_detail.aspx?op=updates&publication=2896). I thought I would bullet point my challenges and to do [...]
Intern Wanted: User Experience Design
December 11, 2011 – 7:26 pm
Opportunity: Learn the pros and cons of a technology focused start up, planning for high growth and professional funding. Three seasoned professionals are the co-founders of this start up, which is based on many years of PhD level research. The company is led by a serial entrepreneur who founded TRC, Inc. in 1995, which made [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 8) – “The Curtain Is Off”
December 3, 2011 – 12:58 pm
I’ve decided it’s time to pull the curtain off this start up I’m involved with. I resisted at first, because I did not want people rushing to the site and forming opinions. Here’s why. The company’s original focus was a tool to support job professionals counsel job seekers. You could say it is a CRM [...]