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...

Jun 26, 2011

Written by Kevin Leland, Co-founder of Pawngo Here at Lightbankwe’re enamored with any business that uses technology to completely upend some old school industry. We did it with freight – Echo Logistics; we did it with printing – InnerWorkings; and we did it with boring coupons – Groupon. When we came across a company called Internet Pawn, which aimed to...

Jun 24, 2011

World, I would like to introduce you to Chicago—your sexy, new and exciting entrepreneurial hub. Chicago has been exploding with entrepreneurial activity! The Built In Chicago Launch Party was the kickoff party to just the beginning of what’s to come in Chi-town. Chicago’s tech and start-up scene has been blowing up and we’re excited to see more. One...

Jun 16, 2011

          Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.  -Robert Frost First of all, let me say congratulations!  By creating an advertising model at product launch, it would seem that you’re in the minority of companies taking the “road less traveled” for conducting business as a...

May 3, 2011

On May 12, Chicago-based nonprofit Moneythink is hosting an event to gain support for its mission to train talented, dedicated college students to teach high school students in underserved neighborhoods the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Moneythink was founded in 2008 by a team of University of Chicago students troubled by the disparity...