Beer news

Baderbräu returns to local taps

05/21/12 — This week, for the first time in a decade, a local beer called Baderbräu will flow out of taps. Chicago entrepreneurs Rob Sama and Joe Berwanger have started a new firm, Baderbräu Brewing Co., and purchased the expired trademark.

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Nick Harrison

10 must-haves for your local business website

05/21/12 — Are you making it harder than it has to be for potential customers to find out what you do and why they should use your product or service? Here are 10 steps to removing those online barriers.

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Small-biz calendar

The next Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, exporting basics, and more

05/21/12 — Crain's weekly roundup of events for Chicago entrepreneurs includes wisdom and insight from prominent entrepreneurs ranging from Threadless founder Jake Nickell to media mogul Tyler Perry.

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George Deeb

The right work-life balance for your startup

05/18/12 — Let's face it, startups often feel like an all-out sprint to get your product to market before your competitors do. That is fine and dandy, until you realize that a sprinter can only go all out for a limited period of time before collapsing from...

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Anne Fisher

Tapping into customers' emotions: Priceless

05/18/12 — Marketing strategies from the mind behind MasterCard's well-known campaign.

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Gini Dietrich

As crisis managers, Cubs ownership team is making the right plays so far

05/18/12 — From a crisis-communication perspective, the Cubs ownership team is doing exactly what it needs to do in order to quell the firestorm over this week's attack-ad news.

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New survey data

Rising health care costs vex Chicago small-biz owners

05/17/12 — Chicago small-business owners are more concerned about rising health care costs than business owners in other major metropolitan areas.

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Score Chicago

Is your small business ready for its close-up?

05/17/12 — Score Chicago and the city treasurer's office are sponsoring a contest — "TV Time for Small Business." The idea: Tell your story. Make it compelling.

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Green Scene

Clean-tech networking heats up in Chicago

05/17/12 — Chicago entrepreneurs in the clean-tech sector are making time for a networking event that's gaining popularity.

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CBS green-lights Groupon sitcom

05/16/12 — We were surprised back in January when Crain's Taking Names columnist Shia Kapos reported that someone was pitching a TV show idea loosely based on Groupon Inc. Now comes word that CBS is picking it up.

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Becky Beaupre Gillespie

Entrepreneurship for introverts

05/16/12 — Liane Warcup loves being alone or interacting in very small groups. Can entrepreneurship really work for an introvert like her?

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Dan Gershenson

Graduating beyond ad agency 'show and tell'

05/16/12 — There is a saying: “The cobbler's children have no shoes.” It essentially means that when you're so busy working hard for other people, you have no time to create something meaningful for yourself. Kind of like the relationship...

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