New in Chicago

Juicing on the go, rooftop cocktails and more

07/31/12 — Our weekly startup roundup features a bar with a bird's-eye view of Lincoln Park, a juicer/water bottle combo, a new Ravenswood brewery and more.

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Silicon City

Gtrot founder jumps into gift-card space with Boomerang launch

07/31/12 — The creator of social-travel startup Gtrot today unveils a new venture with Lightbank backing.

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Small-biz calendar

How-tos on smartphone marketing, microloans and more

07/30/12 — Our weekly calendar for Chicago entrepreneurs includes seminars on marketing your stuff to smartphone users, how to tap the microlending network, details on the next Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, and more.

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Nick Harrison

The new (must-have) Facebook recommendations bar

07/30/12 — Facebook just rolled out a new tool that promises to make your website an even richer experience for your visitors.

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Springfield

It's back: A job-creation tax credit for small biz

07/27/12 — Looking for ways to spark job growth, Illinois lawmakers dust off an old tax incentive.

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Gini Dietrich

Time to change the conversation on 'having it all'

07/27/12 — It's not about not having it all. It's about having it all by delivering results instead of hours.

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George Deeb

How to get your startup's sales team motivated

07/27/12 — Incentives are the key — but which ones really work?

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Green Scene

Fluorescent bulb recycler gets a jolt from Goldman

07/26/12 — A graduate of Goldman Sachs' five-month "10,000 Small Businesses" training program talks about what she learned there and how those insights could energize her green business.

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GiveForward raises $2M VC investment

07/25/12 — The 2010 graduate of Excelerate Labs today closed on a Series A funding round.

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Becky Beaupre Gillespie

Helping would-be entrepreneurs leap from campus to the real world

07/25/12 — Two veteran executives have made a business of advising young entrepreneurs on their startup paths. Their first bit of advice for recent college grads may surprise you.

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New in Chicago

British foods, bike maps, an organic rooftop eatery and more

07/24/12 — Our weekly startup roundup spotlights a place to get your British sausage fix, an iPhone app that lets cyclists navigate the city without a data connection, a rooftop restaurant that features farm-to-fork fare, and more.

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Silicon City

How Belly's founder bounced from Redbox to Lightbank

07/24/12 — Logan LaHive, creator of one of the city's hottest startups, Belly, talks about his early entrepreneurial career and the break that brought him to Lightbank.

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