Big post today! There is much to bring you up to date with and I’ll do so as fast as possible. We are working at a feverish pace and that’s delayed my postings. Here we go. You’ve met the co-founders, how the idea was formed and how I came on board. So the two original [...]
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The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 7) – “Preparing for Startup”
November 23, 2011 – 3:55 pm
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 6) – “The three of us”
November 14, 2011 – 8:32 am
To date, you’ve heard a bit from the two original co-founders. How they met and how the idea formed. Well now we’ll tell you how I came on board. I was advising companies one day a week (which, actually turned into five days a week) for a grant funded program I launched called “High Growth [...]
From Idea to Exit Winner of the USA Book News “Best Books 2011”
November 11, 2011 – 1:30 pm
Winner of the USA Book News “Best Books 2011” Award in the category of Business: Entrepreneurship and Small Business. http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooks2012awards/bestbooks2011results.html
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 5) – “Founders Meet”
November 10, 2011 – 7:52 am
The last entry I placed was from the primary founder of our start up – the guy with the idea. He’s a PhD living in Canada and he is referenced in this post provided by the second co-founder. He shares how the two met and decided to pursue the idea. Here we go… I actually [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 4) – “What’s it about?”
October 31, 2011 – 8:41 am
So I started with some founder background, but now let’s get into what this start up is about. The following is our founder talking about how this company came to be and a bit on where it is today. Very simply he describes the market, the problem, his solution and the results of that solution. [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 3) – “Life gets in the way”
October 24, 2011 – 7:51 am
Well I committed to this blog posting of my start up experience and today is a tough entry. I tried to address in my book the question of “how does one person take action on their idea and start a company, while another lets their idea die on the vine?” I came up with the [...]
The Birth of a Startup – Built in Chicago! (Part 2)
October 17, 2011 – 6:44 am
Every new business starts with an idea. In my book, “Idea to Exit”, the word idea is an acronym where the “I” stands for innovation. Innovation is the kernel that a new business is built off of. It is the substance of the business idea. My new business has two other co-founders, who started at [...]
The birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago!
October 11, 2011 – 8:46 am
Call it a social experiment, giving back or just plain crazy, but starting today I will be sharing my new start up experience as it unfolds. I have joined a new web based start up that is focused in an extremely high growth potential industry. The company is located in Illinois and has plans to [...]
Do you remember the, “Made in the USA” promotion?
September 16, 2011 – 9:28 am
Back in the 80′s there was a big marketing campaign encouraging Americans to buy American made products under the “Made in the USA” promotional brand. I think a great portion of that effort was funded by unions – obviously to support and maintain union jobs. The only flaw in that promotion is that it was [...]
Does Chicago’s Entrepreneurial Scene Play “Follow the Leader?”
August 19, 2011 – 7:06 am
If you have not noticed, Chicago is increasingly becoming recognized as an entrepreneurial minded city. You might say, “Hasn’t it always been?” Well, yes. Many industries flourish in the greater Chicagoland area and have done so since our great city’s inception. The piece I’m referring to is less visible to most of our citizens and [...]