Aug 10, 2011

August 9, 2011 – New World Ventures has announced their investment in one-stop digital portal SinglePlatform. The $3.25 million round was led by DFJ Gotham Ventures, with additional participation by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures, bringing SinglePlatform’s total funding to date up to $4.45 million. Launched in January 2010 by CEO Wiley...

Aug 6, 2011

How often do you feel that if the retail price for an item were only a few dollars less, you’d be all over it? Pegwise, launched in April by co-founders Jarred Trost and Andy Powell, is an online marketplace that connects a customer’s perceived value of the product to the price they pay. Running multi-unit flash auctions (they coined and trademarked...

Aug 5, 2011

Illinois Launch is holding a Startup Bootcamp from Aug. 15 to 17 at the Illini Center located at 200 S. Wacker.     The event includes: Exciting bootcamp for entrepreneurs Learn from successful startups A day devoted to sales, branding and marketing Tour successful startups in Chicago like Groupon The networking event at District Bar on the...

Jul 30, 2011

I recently read an article titled, “Technology is the New Smoking”. As in, the new socially acceptable addiction most likely to interrupt your conversation repeatedly throughout an evening, especially now that most municipalities consider tobacco to be passé. That technology has collectively become an addiction is not really in dispute. A global...

Jul 24, 2011

  Written by Kris Petersen, CEO and founder of DealsGoRound    The articles I’ve read about entrepreneurs often mention the person’s first childhood business. They sold candy out of their locker, shoveled driveways in the winter or even rented out their video games. My first business came later in life and was a lot less cliché. I cleaned...