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		<title>How To Pick The Perfect Name For Your Startup</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2011/03/17/how-to-pick-the-perfect-name-for-your-startup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked by young entrepreneurs whether it&#8217;s important to find a strong name for a new startup. The name is important, but the process to come up with a unique name can easily distract you. For example, it took us nearly 50 hours to ...


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		<title>Do you celebrate incremental success?</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/07/26/do-you-celebrate-incremental-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs interpret goals and measure success in very different ways. While most people appreciate huge wins, many have difficulty appreciating smaller accomplishments. After all, most of us are conditioned to believe that success in founding a sta...


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		<title>Is There a New Type of Entrepreneur?</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/06/28/is-there-a-new-type-of-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Kravitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The barriers to entry are becoming so small in some aspects of the online world, that there is a new breed of entrepreneur evolving. Some call them the accidental entrepreneurs. Let&#8217;s refer to them as incidustrialists or unexpecutives. The simple &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sethkravitz.com/2010/06/28/is-there-a-new-type-of-entrepreneur/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.sethkravitz.com&#38;blog=5657177&#38;post=463&#38;subd=secondcityceo&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />


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		<title>Where is the Chicago Startup Ecosystem?</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/06/03/where-is-the-chicago-startup-ecosystem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zishan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our goal is to make starting a startup one of the standard alternatives that ambitious people consider.- Paul Graham
Absofrickinlutely!
What does it take
&#8230; for someone to take the entrepreneurial plunge and start a company, but more specifically, for that company to survive, grow and prosper?  Let us move beyond the obvious requisites of idea/concept, product, [...]


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		<title>Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/05/05/startup-tip-marketing-one-to-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people talk about marketing, they talk about broad, strategic tactics focused on large groups of customers or potential customers. Adwords, banner ads, print ads, email marketing &#8211; these are all common tactics used by many businesses to...


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		<title>Goals, Strategies and Tactics</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/04/26/goals-strategies-and-tactics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not uncommon for young entrepreneurs to focus on tactics at the expense of also setting appropriate goals and developing core strategies. It&#8217;s easy to fall into this trap when you see someone else successfully executing a tactic &#8211...


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		<title>To Succeed, Don’t Obsess About Reasons You Might Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I talked about why startups must focus first on the problem, not the solution. A few days ago, I talked about the need to refocus from time to time. There&#8217;s another side to focus that&#8217;s rarely discussed &#8211; focusing (a...


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		<title>The Need To Refocus From Time To Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s common for us to be consumed by our daily tasks and routines, at the expense of focus, learning, and assessment of strategy. Two announcements yesterday highlighted for me the importance of constantly reassessing the direction in which we&#8...


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		<title>Creative Entrepneurship Workshop &#8211; 4/17</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/03/30/creative-entrepneurship-workshop-417/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zishan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a globalizing and challenging economy, the next generation of creative entrepreneurs will be reinventing the business world. Join featured speaker Laura Hollis of the Univeristy of Illinois, Carl Nordgren of Minogi, Zach Kaplan of Inventables, Phil Tadros of Doejo, Loran Nordgren of Kellogg, James Interlandi of Virtual General Counsel, Michael Bell of Fronterion, Nate [...]


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		<title>Entrepreneurial Panel Discussion: Recruiting, Hiring and Harnessing the Right Talent for Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zishan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this panel discussion, hear first hand from a panel of experts on the importance of having the right team in place to enable your company to grow and succeed. The panel is comprised of four successful entrepreneurs and industry professionals. The discussion will be interactive and include some of the following topics: Importance of [...]


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