09/30/11 —
If you haven't voted yet in this year's "A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur" online video contest, now's the time. The deadline for voting is today -- Friday, Sept. 30. The goal of the contest is to give an insight into the...
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09/30/11 —
By Gini Dietrich Measuring the return-on-investment for paid, earned and owned media is not an easy task. When I started my career, we measured media impressions and advertising equivalency. Somewhere along the way someone finally...
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09/30/11 —
By Eilene Zimmerman A worldwide economic crisis and a weak dollar have made this an especially tough time for small importers. Even so, Calabar Imports, which sells African, Asian and South American handicrafts and...
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09/29/11 —
By Steve Hendershot How’s this for a company on the fast track? Chicago tech entrepreneur Robert Leshner had an idea for a promising business on Aug. 4. Within a week, he had a working prototype. By the first week of September, he was...
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09/29/11 —
By Judith Nemes A handful of Chicago-area business owners with renewable-energy systems on their premises are inviting anyone curious enough to stop by on Saturday for a firsthand look at how they work.Fifteen businesses are participating in the...
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09/29/11 —
By Mark E. Goodman I talked to Steve Robinson of Constant Contact on a recent Score Chicago CAN-TV Hotline 21 show. We discussed the rise of the daily deal, Groupon, Living Social, etc. Steve notes that a daily deal can draw traffic, but e-...
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09/28/11 —
By Steve Sipress Jobs this. Jobs that. Jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s practically all anyone’s talking about these days!“Americans need more jobs” are the words on every politician's lips. And Americans are...
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09/28/11 —
By David Clarke Social media go hand in hand with public relations and marketing. Teams in both areas need to be closely aligned to help ensure success and avoid costly missteps. How does a chief marketing officer go about generating smooth...
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09/28/11 —
By Nicole Reyhle When you have friends or family who own, manage or are key players in any business that excites you, it can be great. There are often perks such as product giveaways, special events and privileged shopping deals. The catch?...
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09/28/11 —
By Anne Field We all aren't suited to doing our best work during conventional business hours. Certainly, some night owls find they're just getting their juices flowing round about midnight.Then there's Ngoza Odita. Other ...
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09/27/11 —
"New in Chicago" is just that: a listing of businesses getting off the ground in and around Chicago. Please send us your startup announcements. Email is best: newchicagobusiness@gmail.com.Crain's contributor Robert Loerzel brings you news of...
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09/27/11 —
Crain's brings you weekly news of seminars, networking events, awards dinners, contests and courses of interest to Chicago-area entrepreneurs. Send your event announcements to smallbizcalendar@gmail.com.Events Just AnnouncedWednesday, Oct....
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09/27/11 —
Crain's brings you weekly news of seminars, networking events, awards dinners, contests and courses of interest to Chicago-area entrepreneurs. Send your event announcements to smallbizcalendar@gmail.com.Events Just AnnouncedWednesday, Oct....
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