Derek Flanzraich is a keynote speaker at Everywhere Else Cincinnati, September 29-October 1st (tickets available here). Derek originally published this piece in July of 2012 in conjunction with the Young Entrepreneur Council. A year ago, I started Greatist with no real clue what I was doing. We’re now the fastest-growing health and fitness site on
These entrepreneurs and startup founders give 12 great tips on personal budgeting now that you’ve founded your own startup.
You are not stuck in life. No matter what barriers you face, if you can see your future, you can take action to get there. I know…because I may be the world’s least likely businessman. I can’t read. That might seem like a pretty big barrier. I’m not saying it wasn’t. I had a lot
In the past decade, Chicago’s technology community experienced incredible growth. Much of the community’s success was driven by the strong history of big business in Chicago and the emergence of key stakeholders in the startup ecosystem. While the Chicago startup scene is still relatively young in comparison to some other U.S. cities, the community’s key
WSJ startup of the year Speek talks about their team building exercise.
It’s Friday morning which means we have another great list of startup related people to follow on Twitter. For this weekes edition we’ve got 30 angels and VC’s.
At first glance WeDeliver, a Chicago startup, looks like a hybrid between your typical delivery service and a courier service. That’s probably because it is, with a twist. WeDeliver connects local businesses to their customers by providing same day delivery of products and goods. Sure delivery and courier services aren’t new, but crowdsourcing the service
Author, entrepreneur, and startup founder James Altucher is known for his crass, tell-it-like-it-is style of writing. 90% of the time he shoots right from the hip, and he’s always right. Altucher has written nine books and one comic book. He’s created a web series for HBO and is currently working on one for PBS. He’s
We know that startup scenes are booming across the United States, but other areas around the globe are also growing, sometimes even faster than their US counterparts. A recent infographic published by the Australian arm of Intuit highlighted the latest Startup Genome data from across the globe and found out that out of the top
A number of statups in accelerators have attacked the music collaboration space. It seems artists and musicians everywhere are looking for the best way to hop online and collaborate with each other. Back in May we saw the demo day presentation from Memphis Seed Hachery startup Musistic, promising to be the Github for musicians. Collabra
The best advice you’ll ever get as an entrepreneur can come from anywhere. It may have come from your parents or a mentor, a book or a billboard — even a movie. You’re not always sure why, but something in what you hear changes the way you think. For me, this happened while watching the
This New York startup, GoIdeaCat, is the latest startup tackling the “ideas marketplace”
A few months ago, one of my mentors told me, “Change is easy, but pivots are painful.” I understood all too well what he meant, since my company, Zealyst, was in the middle of our first true pivot. We’d just signed a major enterprise client, one year after launching as a consumer-focused business, and we
This Detroit startup, a Startup Weekend idea in 2012, is growing, next month they are giving away a record deal with Tommy Boy Records.
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