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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put. They have the same trade-off decisions that you do about packing up and moving to Silicon Valley vs. staying and building locally. We know it can be done.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

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SEO Analyst Providing Digital Marketing Services Through a Comprehensive Approach

Hearpreneur

I started my career working for a large print and digital advertising company in Chicago; I heavily gravitated towards the digital channels and quickly moved up within the organization. We had a chance to interview Chris and asked about his story, how he started his business ad the future of Colorado SEO Pros. Tell us your story.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

For instance: Which insurance plan should I provide for my employees in Chicago? What customer retention strategies are working best for other florists? Solving for retention/engagement/value: What are the hooks/loops that keep users engaged with a product and continually brings them back on a consistent basis?

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike. He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and I bet you it's more than one bike if I had the gas. So did you, I'm envisioning you like going down the street in Chicago somewhere knocking on restaurant doors and saying, I have an idea, you want to like be part of this.

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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2011 Version

crowdSPRING Blog

I had a great conversation about this recently with the president of a bank here in Chicago, and he shared an insight that resonated. He told me that since his bank started a tradition of family-style holiday parties, employee retention had increased along with overall job satisfaction.

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How We Grew Our Fashion Accessories Business To Over A Million Dollars In Sales

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. One of my personal goals has always been retention. Thirdly, we pursued and were pursued by international game changers who propelled our business forward.