Congratulations to the 2012 Moxie Awards finalists-- View all the finalists and v ote today. Fast Company has joined The Moxie Awards as a media partner and will be covering the event along with NBC5. Mayor Emanuel, whose...

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge! More than 100 teams applied to the year-long program, which culminated in a finals competition...

June 7, 2012 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm address 1871 street 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor city/town Chicago organized by Built In Chicago type Networking Date: June 7th Time: 6-9 p.m. (Beer, Wine and Apps) Location: 1871...

Yesterday, I read two pretty awesome posts on fundraising and finding partners for startups. One was by entrepreneur turned VC/knowledge evangelist  Mark Suster ( How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy), and the other by the...

Belly, a rapidly-growing start-up that is effectively redefining customer loyalty for small businesses, announced today that it has received a $10 million Series B round of venture capital financing from Andreessen Horowitz (...

Today BrightTag announced our latest round of financing to the tune of $15 million. The financing was led by Baird Venture Partners and included participation from our existing investors New World Ventures, TomorrowVentures,...

The 2012 Art Of Marketing conference included speakers Keith Ferazzi, Avinash Kaushik, Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuck, Mitch Joel and Randi Zuckerberg. We were impressed with Avinash Kaushik’s notions on “garbage” versus...

If you've ever tried to build something on your own, you know where I stand right now. There is a moment of clarity that happens during a project when it becom…

Most states have long sought to foster job creation and retention by providing tax credits and other forms of assistance to startups.You should research what credits may be available in your state.Since most of my readership is...

The 10 Capital Raising Strategies Many professionals are adopting new changes and able to find new investment capital. Here are some feedback we have collected from different advisors and venture capital about what they think...

How important is the Programming Language I choose? I get inquiries about helping out as a Tech Lead, or Part-Time CTO for early stage companies, and a frequent question I keep getting is "Which language/framework should I...

Tap.Me raises $3.2 million by Wailin Wong-- March 12, 2012-- Chicago Tribune   Tap.Me, a Chicago startup whose technology platform lets brands advertise within…

Recently FeeFighters was acquired by Groupon.  It has been 3 years since we started the company as a hobby and 2 years since we raised angel money and went fu…

A local private equity firm recently asked me to summarize my thoughts on what I saw as the key investment themes they could consider in building their digitally-focued portfolio. Below is what I told them, in no particular...

Last month, Chicago welcomed the official launch of 1871- a 50,000-square-foot digital forge for startup entrepreneurs currently taking applications and set to open in the spring. It is the culmination of an unprecedented...