Obamacare Is Real – So What Does It Mean for Healthcare Startups?
If there were any doubts that parts of Obamacare might be repealed in the event of a Romney win, those doubts have receded into the dim and distant past by now…
Startup Lessons Retrofit CEO Jeff Hyman Used to Close an $8 Million Series A Round
Earlier this November, Jeff Hyman, CEO of Chicago-based startup Retrofit, picked up an $8 million Series A round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson…
When You’re Building a Company, It’s Great to Be Weird
It’s your choice and it starts today. Will you be brave enough to be weird?…
Three Business Practices That Turned 1-800-GOT-JUNK Into a $105 Million Business
When I started The Rubbish Boys (which later I franchised as 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) at 18, I really didn’t know much about business…
5 Reasons to Spend New Year’s in Chicago
Chicago’s blistering cold is enough to send any human into hibernation, or in my case, running to California. But despite my complete disdain for weather much below “60 degrees and sunny” (I have a weather strategy for all business and personal travel that upholds this standard at least 87.5% of the time), my affinity for…
How to Actually Get Work Done at a Coffee Shop
It’s not about snagging the first thing that comes along, but about finding the place(s) where you can truly maximize your productivity and creativity…
How Your Startup Can Change the World: The 5 Keys to Social Entrepreneurship
It’s not surprising then that social entrepreneurship is a growing trend…
3 Secrets to Finding (and Being) a Great Co-founder
Whatever you do, don’t get desperate enough to settle. Demand the most from yourself and your co-founders…
The Top Digital Trends of 2013
Let’s talk about the key trends I am seeing for 2013…
Rebellion is a Startup Business: What Classic Rock Bands Teach Us About Entrepreneurship
Here are some of the best time-tested values of entrepreneurship — ones that have held up well even in the crazy world of rock music…