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 [...]
Tag Archives: Start Up
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 10) – “Break Throughs”
December 28, 2011 – 11:58 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Birth of a Start Up – Built In Chicago! (Part 7) – “Preparing for Startup”
November 23, 2011 – 3:55 pm
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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
High Growth Illinois
August 5, 2011 – 4:23 pm
I have exciting news to share! I’ve been recruited by the Small Business Development Center of Illinois (SBDC) to establish a new advisory service for start ups and existing firms in Illinois that have high growth potential. This can be any type of firm in any type of industry. Our program is called, High Growth [...]
Entrepreneurs – Are You a CEO (Chief Ego Officer)?
February 22, 2011 – 6:26 am
I come across a lot of people with the title of CEO. Many of whom run very small companies (under 20 employees) or are even one man, or woman, shows. When I ran the company that I founded, employees often said I should change my title from president to CEO. I said, why? What’s the [...]
Author announces mission to create 14 million jobs.
August 3, 2010 – 7:10 am
Entrepreneur and author of I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey Jeff Weber has established a mission to create 14 million new jobs. Every economic recession has seen recovery due to the efforts of entrepreneurs by virtue of new businesses being started and new employees hired. Weber describes his book as an entrepreneurial roadmap and he [...]