crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

With temperature highs steadying at a cool and comfy 100 degrees this week in Chicago, it’s too hot to bother with lengthy, clever intros. We carry green clipboards and “diagnose” prospects as they stop by the booth. So, I’ll just cut to the chase: this week we’re featuring the website Hireology.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Rent A Green Box – [link]. VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. 7 Simple productivity tips you can apply today, backed by science | The Buffer Blog – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

GRP’s biggest winners over the years have not only come from LA (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar) but from Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Las Vegas (HDI), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack), London (LastMinute.com) and other locations. What will he do with his other 50% time?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Well, Green Envee Organics can help fix that. Your moisture-sapped skin, that is, not Chicago’s snow deficiency. For Chicago citizens, they have a shop located just off the Grand Red Line station. Green Envee Organics is 100% truly plant based Body and Skin Care Company. And, apparently, this year so snowless.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From the beginning, the BHSI Fellowship has created meaningful, customized experiences for Fellows with connections to influential business and civic leaders, exposure to a broad audience as a speaker at Chicago Ideas, and over $3 million in financial support and in-kind contributions.”.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Students with entrepreneurial inclinations should find inspiration in Majora Carter’s fascinating tales of some impressively enterprising individuals from Chicago, Los Angeles and Whitesville, West Virginia. Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

If the number of coworking spaces in a city is is any indication of its entrepreneurial health, Chicago is firing on all cylinders. Based on a recent survey by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space there are 41 coworking spaces in the city, covering a staggering 868,124 square feet of space. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 28, 2020

Bloomberg, Chicago Sun-Times, etc. Green Man Gaming. There are different companies in different sectors that have introduced digital currencies as a new payment option. Here is a list of services: Dish Network. ExpressVPN. SuicideGirls. When gaming started most of us had to go back and buy games physically. PlayStation Network.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

by Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “ Our planning session was occurring and there he was. The taxi was green… it stands out in my memory as green is my favorite color. A Hilton employee quietly entered with copies in his hand. Bright, cheerful, and bringing added value.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2014

What changes from tech-crazy California to the commodities economy of Chicago? Many people picture Washington as a green, rainy state, but across the mountains on its Idaho border the state is actually quite arid. Entrepreneurial Differences. Everything. How’s the L.A. market for snow boots? Not promising? Obviously not.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We quietly then launched furniture in Chicago and Washington DC and – BOOM – game changer. There are no easy answers. The Perfect Storm.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

By Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “. As I get my bags a red, yellow and green traffic type light confronts and guides whether you need to get your bags checked by Immigration or not. If you get a Green light, which I did, out the exit door you go. When does a fish notice water?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Let’s take a look: Start Your Own Green Marketing Consultant. The green economy is taking off right now, thanks to the plummeting price of green technologies, like solar. Right now, thousands of companies are looking for ways to make their businesses green and improve their green credentials.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc ! #8 Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago. We were looking at off the wall names like Green Flame and things like that. Thanks to Ethan Warren, Corner Piece Productions ! #7 7 – Translation of Sundiata.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

When we saw that the strongest area of our business pertained to office and business supplies, we seized the opportunity to concentrate on that and create a single source environment that specializes in providing companies with the widest and largest selection of green business & office products. Thanks to Tony Ellison, Shoplet.com !

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2012

Sinclair, a journalist, went undercover for seven weeks in the meatpacking factories in Chicago where he discovered that everyone who had power in the stockyards expected bribes and blacklisting was just an everyday part of business. You can thank Rachel Carson, at least in part, for this change in culture.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 1, 2014

The glorious green grass of the work-from-home employee is a goal for many successful people (and not-so-successful people) and a great way to hire the best talent without having to pay to relocate them. For every desk-bound cubicle-dweller, the dream is to work from home. No physical demands. No need to look over your shoulder.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2013

50 years from now someone else will be slippin on the Green jacket, I assure you. The most famous part of Augusta National Golf Course is at the far end of the real estate – a little spot called “Amen Corner”, where patrons can see the green at hole 11, the entire par 3 12th, and the tee shot at #13. Let me explain….

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The Next Web

MARCH 4, 2014

You can see the Attentional Control Network (in green) and the Imagination Network (in red) in the image below. A University of Chicago study found that ambient noise was the optimal level for creativity, whereas extreme quiet sharpens our focus , making it hard for us to think creatively.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2013

Additionally, your company can make money as you create a green reason for customers to buy from your organization. This epitomizes “making green from green.”. The concept of making green from green is coming into its own. This plant is an example of a green solution. You look good in green.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest case in point: John and Hank Green of the Vlog Brothers’ sold-out show at Carnegie Hall last Tuesday night. Let’s hope the Greens possess an “any publicity is good publicity” attitude. John and Hank Green are by no means the first YouTube act to find an audience in the real world.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2013

So you’ll be hearing a lot more from Chicago Startup Guy here in the future , but for today let’s talk about Google Glass… and what better way than to quote fellow Chicagoan and startup icon, Ferris Bueller while on on his day off: “ The question isn’t what are we gonna to do today, it’s what aren’t we going to do today.”.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Photo Credit: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Build a Head ! #9- Thanks to Nick Antonopoulos, SEO Digital Chicago ! #26- Over the years, my idea has evolved into more than just a business. It's turned into a mission for me. Thanks to Kathryn Smithson, PathSocial ! #8- 8- Helping my team to achieve success.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2011

With green technology becoming more and more in demand, many homeowners are struggling to connect with companies that sell products like solar panels, but also contractors who can design and install the systems. Residential solar installations are much more prevalent in other parts of the country, not necessarily Chicago or the Midwest.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you’re walking down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, buying a sandwich at a bocadillo bar in Seville, or sitting on the beach in Bali, sometimes it feels like the two groups might as well be the Sharks and the Jets. Additionally, the eco-tourism market is overflowing with companies now green-washing their offerings.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MARCH 3, 2010

I met a lot of B-school students - Cal , Stanford , Chicago (yes, Chicago, 3 students took 3 days off to attend Stanford E-week). When asked if he had a business card, he said with a straight face, “I’m going green, I don’t have a business card.&# Yeah right! No you can’t have my list. .

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

What if Tiger were wearing Glass when he was leading the tournament on Friday when he hit a perfect shot on the 13th hole, which hit the pin and ricocheted right off the green and into Rae’s Creek? Ashley’s interviewing idea is a good one … last night I shot the s**t with the Startup Grind King of Chicago, Tom Denison.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 7, 2018

Once every few years we’ll combine it with a trip somewhere (New York, Chicago) just to change the atmosphere a little, but even then, other than a fancy dinner somewhere, it’s on the modest side. We often start with a Red/Yellow/Green check-in. Many of them are either at Jason’s house, my house, or a hotel in Denver.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

And just to prove that it wasn’t all fun, this is me in Chicago basically doing some work. It was 2003 or right about then, and I was walking across the Green Street Mall in Brisbane, thinking that I was no longer interested in Magic the Gathering as a card game. I’m not an adrenaline junky, but if you like bungie jumping go for it.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Cheesehead label was originally used as a derogatory term by Chicago Bears fans, but was quickly embraced by those of us from the land of the frozen tundra). Packers are known for their Cheeseheads. Even our clergy are not immune to displaying their Cheesehead pride. As you might suspect, the Packer Cheeseheads are made in Wisconsin.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

I think you’ll find is what Robert Greene in his book, Mastery says it’s true that, “The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.” It started as this philanthropic endeavor, where it was a startup, and it was this side project.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

Plant Picket, now in its eleventh year, was recently featured on Martha Stewart’s website as part of her competition highlighting American-made goods, and in Green Profit Magazine. I took my prototype to the Independent Garden Center Show in Chicago, and I introduced it to the gardener community, and people liked them.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

My wife and I met in college in Indiana and soon after graduation, decided we were going to move to Chicago. Having experienced 20 minute ‘glam to cam’ hair and makeup transformations in green rooms, I could understand why a similar efficient beauty service didn’t exist outside the world of TV, so I created it! Photo Credit: Joe Horan.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Paul’s track record as a serial entrepreneur was far more impressive than either Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick or Lyft co-founder Logan Green. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft. But this is just the beginning.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Dallas at night I would venture to say it is shared by other non-Dallas-ites, as a city whose residents consider themselves more cosmopolitan, a bit more reserved, and a cut above the rest of the Texas social scene, more in the national league of NY, LA, or Chicago.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 23, 2015

I own iCandy Homes which is a real estate rehabbing company in Chicago. Thanks to Shel Horowitz, Green Business Profitability ! #business #startup #entrepreneur #quotes #quote. A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Jul 23, 2015 at 5:13am PDT. 1) The Dark. 14) Remember the Why.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

This is precisely why MakeSpace is growing so rapidly in its core markets: New York, Chicago and Washington DC where they can literally come and pick up your furniture and move it away and you never had to visit a facility and they do this at a cheaper price than incumbents by centralizing the location and thus having cheaper infrastructure costs.

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