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THE TWO WHEELS OF CHANGE

We’re gathered here to get richer by makin’ all them other poor slobs around the world prosper! This I like! The auditorium’s packed with serious investors. Over 500 o’ them rascals. They’s all...

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LIGHT UP A CONTINENT

Here’s what makes it so exciting: The best way to solve a social problem is to find a way t’ make money while yer fixin’ it. That way the solution becomes whacha call self-sustaining. They call it...

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GOOGLE’S AMAZING ASCENT

Once upon a time, not all that long ago, Google was a startup. But I remember when google was a noise you made to entertain a baby. Google’s rise from startup to global domination is truly astonishing....

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THE SUM OF THE WHOLE

In today’s digital environment, the words entrepreneurship and innovation are the flavor of the day. Universities and even certain high schools believe they are preparing their students to go out into...

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IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

Many in industry believe that logistics is now THE important field of study. Nothing could be further from the truth. - By Guest Writer, Moises Goldman PhD Continue reading →

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CROSSTOWN CLASSIC

Where do subversive attitudes fester and bloom into conviction? Childhood! Between 1st and 6th grades, I grew up in a demilitarized zone populated by Sox fans AND Cubs fans. I loved the Cubs. But the...

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THE DRAGON LADY AND THE BIG BAD DUCK

This big bully shows up. All da little kid’s call ‘im da Big Bad Duck ‘cause he wears a funny thing on his head, sticks out like a beak. He wants to play fer da Elephants. Pretty soon, he says he...

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APPLESAUCE AND APPLE

by Tom McBride and Ron Nief - The students who began college this past fall have a forty percent chance of graduating in four years, and a seventy percent chance of graduating in six. They are all too...

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CLEANTECH TRUTHS DEBUNKED

by Larry Hayward - There has been an evolution in Cleantech. Old technologies required the end user to pay more for their use. Many required subsidies or incentives to be competitive. That situation is...

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MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU

Written by Neil Kane - If there was ever a way to combine high tech and high touch, WholeTrees Architecture & Structures of Madison, Wisconsin epitomizes it. This is an innovative company that hit...

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HOW BAD IS IT

- written by Loop Lonagan - Lotsa people keep tellin’ me good things about Bob’s Bad Poetry so I’m checkin’ it out. Yeah, yeah, I know what yer thinkin’. But there’s no law against an angel investor...

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CHICAGO—THE BEST INCUBATOR IN AMERICA?

A recently published article names Chicago the best city for early-stage companies. Surprise! What's wrong with San Fran and NYNY? It costs a kidney to pay rent for a closet. Continue reading →

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THE TRUMP EFFECT

- written by Erik Clausen - Several months have passed since the U.S. Presidential election, and...we’re still here, folks. After years of political rhetoric and theatrics, and a few months of...

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE HACKED?

- written by William Shakespeare, alias Moises J. Goldman and John Jonelis - To be or not to be hacked? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,...

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MILLENNIALS ARE BECOMING OBSOLETE—ALREADY!

- WRITTEN BY TOM McBRIDE - “Obsolete” was a terrible word. It still is. If something or someone is obsolete, then he, she, or it no longer works. He, she, or it languishes in irrelevance. And then he,...

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INVESTORS LOSING PATIENCE WITH PIVOTS

- WRITTEN BY HOWARD TULLMAN - There's no polite or easy way to say this, but winter is on its way in the venture world. It's getting tougher and tougher for startups caught in the lukewarm limbo...

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HOW HYPERLOCAL ECONOMIES EVOLVE

- written by William Arrington - The evolution of HSEs and the increasing commonality of them within marketplaces is rooted in technological innovation. Digital networks have transcended geographic...

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CORPORATE BUDGETING FOR SUCCESS

Moises J Goldman PhD and John Jonelis Corporate resource allocation can get complicated—sometimes too complex to solve by ordinary human reasoning.  When logic fails, how do you find common ground...

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