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Some Notable Investors Are Backing This New ‘Spontaneous’ Meetup App
When you want to find out what your friends are up to—and if anyone wants to get together for lunch or drinks—how do you do it? Many ...
Let’s Do Brunch: A Chicago Entrepreneur Looks to Launch a ‘Big Time’ Messaging App
Chicago's innovation economy yields a lot of singles and doubles, pragmatic, revenue-generating companies over flashy, bubbly unicorns. ...
Renters Insurance Horror Story
Eric Narcisco had a $10,000 problem…that he realized later could have been solved by spending less than $200. He’s the CEO of Effective ...
The Best Cities for Techies to Find Jobs
In August we analyzed how students were bypassing traditional education and starting to use coding bootcamps to shift their careers, but ...
The Daily Habits of High-Achieving CEOs
I begin each morning with an hour of deep meditation. I've learned to remain calm when the world strikes a stressful blow, which happens ...
The Real Unicorns Are Female Angel Investors
Despite the attention over the past year, the lack of diversity in tech — both in race and gender — has not markedly changed. Only 3 ...
Nasdaq Futures Taps Options City for Derivatives Settlement Pricing
The recently launched Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFX) is partnering with OptionsCity Software on settlement pricing for derivatives ...
KnowledgeHound Named Startup of the Year
KnowledgeHound is like the “Google” of market research. Billions of data and insights are trapped inside unsearchable hard drives, share ...
Do Founders Need Life Insurance?
Tragedy can strike at any time, so if you own your own business the answer to that question is most likely “yes”. If you’re not sure, ...
3 Ways to Step Up Your Cyber-Security Game
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 ...
Why Breaking Our Addiction to 1099s Is Good for the Entire Startup Ecosystem
The debate around how startups classify workers is heating up. On July 31, the same day that Uber - a pioneer in the independent ...
The 5 Best Online Tools For Your New Apartment
For most, summertime means going to the pool, getting a tan (or a sunburn) and grilling assorted meats with your closest friends. But for...
5 Money-Saving Tips for Choosing Small Business Insurance
When you're starting a business, you're likely so focused on what needs to go right that you don't consider all the things that could go ...
What Netflix Can Teach You About Price Restructuring
Pricing products is a pain. Set the price too low, and you undermine the worth of your product. Set it too high, and you may price your...
A Question of Premium: Is Life Insurance a Sound Investment?
Even if you want to bypass whole, don't overlook life insurance as a whole; that's the equivalent of flying without a financial safety ...