Our very own zombie survival, augmented-reality RPG mobile game, Map of the Dead will be presenting at Technori Pitch this Tuesday, Feb. 26. At this monthly tech showcase, five presenters get five minutes to pitch … Continued
Our friend Victor Saad will be presenting at TEDx WindyCity‘s Contrast event this Saturday about his Leapyear Project. A year ago, he became interested in business school programs around social enterprise. After researching typical MBA … Continued
Dag Kittlaus is a native Chicagoan and founder of Siri, the virtual personal assistant for mobile devices that launched three years ago last week. Last night he joined 1871 for their Founder Stories event where … Continued
StartupBus is an annual three-day entrepreneurial competition commonly known as a hackathon. Competitors are challenged to conceive, build and launch a viable startup with a group of strangers in 72 hours while travelling 60 mph … Continued
For those who have been living under a social media rock for the past week, Vine is Twitter’s new video sharing app. The simple app lets users shoot and share six-second looped videos, tapping into the … Continued
(Photo by Kyle LaMere) “Dress like a CEO and people will think you are,” says Ryan Beshel. This idea was the inspiration for the Bow Tie Blend and is how Ryan lives his life. Whether he’s building press relations … Continued
The word’s out: We’ll be opening the second Bow Truss this week in River North—right at the steps of the Merch Mart Brown Line, 406 N. Wells St. Here’s DNAInfo’s piece on us today: While … Continued
Harper Reed, the former CTO of Obama for America and Threadless, was the speaker at this month’s Technori Pitch. Harper’s speech focused on Obama campaign and the 120-person team of tech superstars that he led for … Continued
The folks at Stork Stack like to think of their newborn-themed subscription service as “serendipity delivered monthly to a mom’s doorstep.” And each month is guaranteed to be an adorable surprise. The husband-and-wife team of … Continued
Nick Campbell is an animator, photographer, filmmaker and this month’s speaker at breakfast lecture series, CreativeMornings. After working on TV commercials and title sequences at Digital Kitchen, he started BananaCameraCo, an iPhone Photo App company, and … Continued
Doejo is working with 1871, Technori and DevMynd to bring StartupBus back to Chicago. We are confident that Chicago is the right city to represent the Midwest: packed with technical talent, the startup scene in … Continued
We’ve been lucky enough to commission local illustrator artist, Andrew R. Wright to design the mural outside Bow Truss Coffee Roasters. He’s helping up inspire home brewing fans of Bow Truss with his signature and … Continued
Chicagoan Matthew Hoffman’s “You Are Beautiful” campaign has been a worldwide movement producing a half million stickers that are more than a little reflective. This global empowerment project starting with a simple message on a … Continued
Whitney Reynolds is the star of The Whitney Reynolds Show, a weekly talk show that strives to not only inform people but to impact lives across Chicagoland. Doejo has been working with Whitney to develop … Continued
Next Door Cafe is a modern community space down the street from Doejo in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. In addition to functioning as a full-service coffee shop that serves Bow Truss, they also offer yoga classes, cooking … Continued
When Doejo client BuzzDraft launched a year ago the online sports fantasy site aimed to offer the most modern user experience platform. Fantasy sports should be exciting and have an engaging attitude not look and … Continued
Bow Truss was recently profiled in an article on NBC Chicago discussing the benefits of using Tumblr for small businesses. In the article we explain how Tumblr helps connect us to both a local and … Continued
If your New Year’s resolution involves starting a business, we have found the perfect kit to get the ball rolling after the holidays. The Founding Kit provides everything an entrepreneur needs to launch a new … Continued
