A podcast showcasing Chicago startups and the entrepreneurs building them by @ColinKeeley techinchicago.co/itunes
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Pretty historic week in Chicago startups w/ @garrycooperjr & @BoldYou announcing a combined $25m in funding. Plus @kristensonday's $8m raise last month.
Can't wait to see what the rest of this summer has in store!
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5 Aug 2021
Spot on
5 Aug 2021
Keep thinking about this. I’ve shouted from rooftops for yrs… but chicago will not change rep with data, published reports, or PR. A 14sec vid just got more 👀 than yrs of “branding” work. As long as founders believe it’s much easier to raise elsewhere, they’ll go elsewhere.
28 Jul 2021
Summertime Chi
Chicago is literally a cleaner New York and I’m in love. It’s 8 AM and there’s so many people wandering the streets, this city feels alive 😍
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7 Feb 2021
Now this is a real plan for Chicago tech.
Let's put Steve in charge of everything.
6 Feb 2021
I'm glad my "manifesto" of sorts has continued the discussion on Chicago tech community. I have exactly zero desire to run for any public office ever. However, if @EzraMoGee appointed me to run the show with Day 0 being this Monday, here's what my full-court press would be: 1/n
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5 Feb 2021
Amazing thread on the state of Chicago tech
🔥🔥🔥
5 Feb 2021
I was not on the CH call the other day & have exactly zero desire to ever be on that dumb app. However, as someone involved in the Chicago tech community for the last decade as a founder, early-stage employee, and author of 2 reports pre-P33, I have some thoughts on things... 1/n
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27 Jan 2021
But the consultants will save us!
27 Jan 2021
Chicago’s best tech CEO: now montana/michigan
It’s 30yo young gun ceos: practically all in Miami
It’s most prolific capital raiser: relocated to LA
But local ecosystem “leaders” all like
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14 Oct 2020
New podcast 👇
13 Oct 2020
I have always admired founders that build in public.
So @iambrentsanders and I are opening up @AvocadoAudio with a weekly podcast.
We'll take you through the highs & lows of starting a company in the creator economy.
Subscribe & share with your friends
avocadoaudio.com/post/the-fo…
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14 Sep 2020
Be so good they can’t ignore you
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1 Jun 2020
Join the Chicago Tech community on Wednesday, June 3rd (@runningday) on a run to raise money for organizations battling racism, injustice and hate.
Sign up here👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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23 Apr 2020
The @Chicago_Blend team is opening up office hours for underrepresented founders.
Get feedback on:
-Pitching
-Fundraising
-Hiring
-Life
Grab your time with Chicago VCs 👇
chicagoblend.org/covid19-off…
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1 Apr 2020
Help Chicago startups get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the hands of Chicago healthcare workers fast
😷😷😷
gofundme.com/f/medical-prote…
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22 Mar 2020
Great list of Chicago startups actively hiring right now.
🚀 👇
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5 Mar 2020
Want to know the best Chicago tech events every month?
Subscribe to @sdcook25’s newsletter
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28 Jan 2020
👏👏👏
28 Jan 2020
There are two Chicago tech communities
The one with the talking heads saying the same things for a decade. And the one with the kids building weird stuff and working their hearts out.
Press cares about the former because it’s easy. Invest into the latter because it’s harder.
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23 Jan 2020
Broke:
-Awards shows
-Management consultants
Woke:
-Risk capital
-Convicted investors
-Heads down building
Chicago, let's stop 1) looking to management consultants for answers 2) celebrating false milestones 3) trying to build "Chicago" companies. More risk capital & convicted investors. Founders who win, stay & invest here. Wins where many common shareholders get $$. That's it.
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30 Dec 2019
👋
30 Dec 2019
A trend I'd love to see is more SF-based tech companies opening up Product & Eng offices in non-coastal cities, such as Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Boise, Milwaukee, Omaha, Nashville, Louisville etc.
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25 Oct 2019
Chicago’s Sprout Social Files To Go Public With ARR Of Over $100M news.crunchbase.com/news/chi… via @Jason_Rowley @alex @SophiaKunthara
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22 Oct 2019
“Chicago named ‘Best Big City’ third year in a row by Condé Nast readers”
chicagotribune.com/travel/ct…
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