Friday, September 26, 2014

K-12 Curriculum Needs Major Overall to Develop Entrepreneurship Skills

K-12 Curriculum Needs Major Overall to Develop Entrepreneurship Skills

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/26/2014

I am not one to be doom and gloom, preferring to take an optimistic view of most things, but what has me really nervous is the state of K-1...

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Microsoft Supports 100,000 Startups With BizSpark Program

Microsoft Supports 100,000 Startups With BizSpark Program

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/25/2014

I recently met Martin Schray, a senior technical evangelist at Microsoft.  He introduced me to an interesting program that Microsoft offers...

Friday, September 19, 2014

How to Find Angel Investors for Your Startup

How to Find Angel Investors for Your Startup

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/19/2014

Angel investors (not venture capital firms) are the most likely candidates to get your businesses from a piece of paper to a proof-of-concep...

Chicago: The Next Big Startup Ecosystem
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Chicago: The Next Big Startup Ecosystem

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/19/2014

When I started iExplore in 1999, Chicago was jokingly referred to as a “flyover city” because the big venture-capital firms in Boston and Si...

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Busting the Lean-Startup Myth

Busting the Lean-Startup Myth

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/10/2014

The below is a really great guest post by Howard Tullman ( @tullman ) , CEO at 1871 (the largest shared space for startups in Chicago), Par...

Friday, September 5, 2014

Innovate or Die: The Stark Message to Big Business

Innovate or Die: The Stark Message to Big Business

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/05/2014

Big companies that fail to innovate risk extinction. That's the stark truth in the era of "digital disruption". Just look at t...

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Lesson #187: The 1,024 Types of Salespeople. Hire the Right Ones!

Lesson #187: The 1,024 Types of Salespeople. Hire the Right Ones!

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/04/2014

Hiring good salespeople is one of the hardest things a company has to do.  Typically, companies need to go through three salespeople, in...

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

When Picking a Startup to Join, Think Like An Investor

When Picking a Startup to Join, Think Like An Investor

Posted By: George Deeb - 9/02/2014

Startups are really risky. If you are looking to join one, know you’ll probably be looking for another job within a couple of years because ...

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