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CEO Amanda Lannert on Jellyvision’s Culture
Jellyvision is one of Chicago's biggest tech successes. Launched in 1989 under the name Learn Television, the company created the You ...
This Tech Company Is ‘Ugly and Boring’—and Booming
Here's how Jellyvision CEO Amanda Lannert describes her crew (and herself): “We're nerds,” she says. “We run to the ugly and boring.” ...
APIs Add Fuel to FinTech Innovation
In one way or another, most of today's consumer-facing technology is powered by APIs, which run under the surface and allow software ...
Small Business Is “Just Starting to Boom,” but Agents Need to Be Better
After the long dirge of the Great Recession, optimism among the nation’s small business owners is up. According to the National ...
Brunch App Lets You Be Spontaneously Social with Your Friends
If you are in a large group of people trying to organise something it can be maddening to receive group messages and responses. We often ...
5 Ways to Stretch Your Startup Capital
When Mike Zivin co-founded Whittl about three years ago, he wanted to make his startup cash last for a while. The 25-employee site, based...
Forget Group Texts: Brunch Makes It Easier to Meet Up for Drinks
“Social discovery — that is, finding out what your friends are up to — is really, really hard.” At least, that’s how Todd O’Hara sees it ...
Do You Need Life Insurance
Murder mysteries might suggest life insurance policies are mostly taken out with nefarious intent, but an insurance agent will be quick ...
Reverb Completes e-commerce Integrations
Reverb.com has announced that it has completed integrations with leading commerce platforms Shopify, BigCommerce and Magento. With this ...
3 Ways Your Business Leaves the Door Open for Hackers
One of the first lessons any coach learns is to write their game plan based on their players' assets. If I have an awesome defender who ...
Companies Reject Retreats for Outings with Real Returns
Businesses still believe in getting their employees out of the office to refuel, but they are increasingly trading pricey, time-consuming...
3 Things You Can Learn from the Restaurant Industry’s Labor Shortage
Hurricanes. Gas prices. Growing old. Some things are simply out of your control. But just because you can't control something doesn't ...
Here Comes the Robo Retirement Account
If you don’t participate in your employer’s 401(k) plan because signing up and working with it is too much hassle, or you do participate ...
Local Startup Wants To Be The ‘Uber’ Of Private Music Lessons
Reverb is a Lakeview based startup that wants to be the digital version of Guitar Center—just, you know, without the middle-aged men with...
Reverb Launches a New Marketplace to Connect Aspiring Musicians with Experienced Instructors
In 2013, serial entrepreneur David Kalt launched Reverb.com, a marketplace for buying and selling used and vintage music equipment ...