A Twitter-savvy crowd of social media professionals and enthusiasts took over Bow Truss last night during our Social Media Week panel. We invited Lisa Frame from SoYeahDuh; Johnny Auer and Blake Royer from Jamco Creative; and Michael Salvatore from Heritage General Store … Continued
Emerson Spartz is the founder and CEO of Chicago-based Spartz Media, the company behind Gives Me Hope and OMG Facts. If you haven’t heard of Spartz: he started MuggleNet, the #1 Harry Potter fan site, … Continued
This morning we attended a keynote on Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age with Google’s Bridgette Sexton to kick off our coverage of Social Media Week. Sexton is the Global Entrepreneurship Manager at Google. This position allows her … Continued
Crain’s Chicago Business’s annual Chicago Tech 50 list is an essential who’s who of Windy City’s trendsetters: clustered with leading entrepreneurs, mentors and tech startup mavens. We’d like to congratulate our clients and friends for … Continued
Talia Mashiach is passionate about revolutionizing the event and hospitality industry through innovative technology. She is the founder and CEO of Eved, a custom online marketplace for the meeting and events industry. Prior to launching … Continued
The Academy of Global Citizenship, an innovative Chicago public charter school, is building the first net-positive school in Illinois. Doejo client AGC hopes to change the way our society educates future generations by empowering students with the … Continued
It’s been about seven months since social-recommendation app Mouthee launched allowing users to ‘Rec’ favorite restaurants, movies, music, books and hotels or ‘Get Recs’ from each other. The Doejo-designed and developed Mouthee mobile app ties … Continued
Last night the Chicago chapter of Mobile Monday hosted their inaugural mobile pitch challenge at Morningstar, Inc. During the challenge five local mobile startups pitched to an audience full of mobile heavyweights, developers and app enthusiasts. … Continued
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWE-Uwee6F4] Our very own Phil Tadros was invited to chat with Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista on “America’s fastest growing financial network” and bootstrapped entrepreneurial web show TastyTrade today. Phil chatted with the fellas … Continued
Six weeks ago we began a series of weekend pop-ups at Bow Truss with Rustic Tart, a Chicago-based pie company. The runaway success of this temporary partnership has lead to great collaborations with BabyCakes, Ste … Continued
This months Founder Stories at 1871 featured Logan LaHive, the founder and CEO of Belly, a digital loyalty platform that’s increasingly inescapable. The goal of the Founder Stories series is to help the audience define … Continued
For our first Influencer Tasting at Bow Truss we invited Max Wastler to choose his favorite roast. Wastler is the man behind All Plaidout, the co-host of TV pilot Made Right Here and the co-owner of online store Buckshot Sonny’s; He sat … Continued
The Starter League teaches people from all backgrounds how to code and design web apps, allowing them to do powerful things with their lives via the web. During the 11-week course, students learn to work … Continued
At DIY-indie-craft-fair-marketplace Renegade this weekend, our microroastery Bow Truss was on hand slinging uber-fresh cups of coffee, carefully packaged bags of roasts and imparting the craft behind our diverse lineup. We sold so many bags … Continued
Mark your calendars folks. As part of Social Media Week we are hosting a panel focused on community building for small businesses. Join us as we discuss how social media is transforming the way small businesses … Continued
Five recently launched startups presented their ideas to a packed room full of 350 investors, fellow entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts at last night’s Built in Chicago September event. This month’s pitches were supplemented by one-sentence elevator … Continued
Chicago Ideas Week brings together passionate artists, engineers, technologists, inventors, musicians and explorers for a week of sharing ideas, inspiring action and igniting change. With more than 80 events taking place from Monday, October 8th to … Continued
The Founding Moms is the worlds first and only kid-friendly collective of monthly meet-ups for mom entrepreneurs. Since it’s launch, The Founding Moms has spread to over 30 cities around the world, becoming a live, local, … Continued
