Aug 7, 2011

Written by Jeb Ory, CEO and co-founder of The App House This summer, The App House rebranded to 5Degrees, a mobile and web-based platform designed to make staying connected to everyone that matters to you easy. During June and July, 5Degrees had employees, interns, and partners ranging in age from 17 to 47. Much more like an extended family unit than a...

Feb 13, 2011

written by Jeb Ory, CEO of The App House I’m one of the lucky ones who has had the opportunity to pursue my MBA while building professional skills through concurrent, continuous employment (first with DCI Marketing, and now solely for myself at The App House). Now, after almost 3 full years, including scores of late nights, early mornings, and far too much...

Feb 3, 2011

Due to some crazy weather, we weren’t able to complete any new trades yesterday. However, we did receive a donation for $35. We still have the GPS available for a trade and have received two tentative offers for it. One party has offered a variety of items and is currently inventorying. The other party has offered a digital camera and other photography...

Feb 1, 2011

written by Jeb Ory & Jennifer Kim, MBA candidates at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business Here’s a quick recap of Day 2 of Ory and Kim’s “Midterm Experience.” They’re off to a strong start. They didn’t trade the GPS but they received their first donation. It was from Scott’s company. They donated miscellaneous office...

Jan 31, 2011

Over the next two weeks, Flyover Geeks will be the exclusive media outlet for an innovative initiative led by Jeb Ory, (whom our readers may know as the CEO of The App House) and Jennifer Kim. Ory and Kim are both MBA candidates at the Chicago Booth School of Business and will be recounting daily adventures as they tackle a unique “Midterm Experience”...