The Chicago-based radio show and podcast, Third Coast International Audio Festival is all about celebrating creative storytelling. Broadcasting weekly from Navy Pier, Third Coast offers a platform for rich narratives from across the globe, while … Continued
Chicago artist and intricate wood craftsman, Matthew Hoffman has a blunt—but comforting—way to get his message across. Inspired by optimistic idioms and sunshine-bright truisms, Matthew hand-cuts wood into uplifting notes and vibrant colors for his … Continued
Troy Henikoff, CEO and co-founder of Excelerate Labs—which is described as an intensive summer accelerator for startups—gushes about Chicago’s burgeoning tech startup culture like a professional baseball player coaching a little league team. “We’ve all … Continued
The Illinois Institute of Technology just launched its Knapp Center Venture Accelerator Program, a first for the school and its Entrepreneurship Academy. And our own Phil Tadros had the unique opportunity to help mentor students … Continued
Uber is an on-demand accessible luxury car service, all controlled by mobile app. Getting from point A to point B has never been easier—or classier. When you request an Uber car, a black town car … Continued
During the development phase of an social gamming app, we looked into possible domain names outside the oversaturated .com route (think: del.icio.us). We figured, we’ll go to a domain name host and grab the Italian-based … Continued
Do you have what it takes to be a Buspreneur? You know, conceive and launch a startup in a 72-hours—while on a bus—road-tripping to awaiting startup investors in Austin? You’re picturing Keanu Reeves in the … Continued
Channeling the city’s triumphant rebirth after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, local entrepreneurs and business leaders are currently constructing a 50,000 square foot collaborative workspace—an investment in Chicago’s budding tech startup ecosystem—to open this … Continued
Tim & Eric put on a huge meet and greet at our neighbor Reckless Records last week. Only the biggest fans showed up, and even some in costume, to win tickets to their Chicago sold … Continued
Remember cassette tapes? Watching the two magnetically coated plastic audio reels spin around in an iPhone-sized plastic shell? Remember listening to the radio, recording and stopping to make mixed tapes of your favorite songs—it was … Continued
There’s something both powerful and constraining about time. “There’s just not enough hours in the day,” we say bound to our bottomless coffees. But what if there was? What would you do? Using 2012’s impending … Continued
When was the last time you played Pictionary with a bunch of artists, designers and wordsmiths? Hardly ever, right? Well then you’re in for a treat tonight at the Doejo offices, 3128 N. Broadway, when … Continued
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Phil was featured in Crain’s Chicago Business this weekend with Doejo clients about Chicago’s young entrepreneurial / tech community and how collaboration and networking is a 24-7 job. Technori co-founder Seth Kravitz and BodyShopBids CFO, … Continued
The Chicago-L.A.-based street art “You Are Beautiful” campaign is global empowerment project comprised of public art instillations and guerilla-campaign style artwork and stickers. You may have seen the large multi-font “You Are Beautiful” mural on the … Continued
For LGBTQ youth out there thinking coming out is like an episode of Glee, good luck—there’s a lot less breaking out into song and no costume budget. Seeking to give advice to, and promote awareness … Continued
We love entrepreneurial competitions here at Doejo. What’s more American than tech start-ups contending for venture capital funding in one of the greatest business schools in the country? This Thursday, Doejo will be co-sponsoring the … Continued
Geek 2 ChicBloomingdale’s at 900 N. Michigan Ave.Nov. 2, 2011 – 6:30 p.m.Tickets: $35; VIP Tickets: $65 Got a tech geek fetish? I know, it’s the oversized headphones, HTML-code graphic tees and coffee breath. You’ll … Continued
