WORTHY OF AWARDS
For twelve years, every company with an award from this group is a success. And there are a lot of them. That’s impressive and gives a feeling of confidence. You can’t help but come away with some...
View ArticleSHARK TANK MEETS THE APPRENTICE
I like investing in startup companies and I like fireworks. I expect to see some of both. So I show up bright and early and stay late. And so do the judges—the whole day. That’s what causes all the...
View ArticleTHE BUM IN ME
I always say there’s a lot to bein’ a good bum. You feel so warm inside when you drop a buck in his hat. 'Specially near Christmas. Makes your whole day. Some ‘o these derelicts play musical...
View Article7 TIPS FROM A WINNER
7 TIPS - Raising money is a full time job. As CEO, raising capital turns out to be the #1 job. So you pitch wherever you can. Make cold calls. Meanwhile, there’s five trillion in investment dollars...
View ArticleWHAT’S CLEAN
I’m at a place where my natural greed ‘n’ avarice can do some good fer dis poor worn-out world. This is the Chicago CleanTech Competition—what you might call a race between high-tech global janitorial...
View ArticleTHE FRENZY
These is all private equity deals. Not a loan in the house. The ones that come in can make it big—REAL BIG. I’m talkin 10 times return—sometimes 100 times or more. It’s the stuff they make dreams outa....
View ArticleWHAT MAKES IT GOOD
Been hearin’ complaints ‘n’ controversy about Techweek this year. People gripe so you figure there's gotta be a good reason, right? Yeah, I hear you. Yer sayin’, where there’s smoke there’s fire. But...
View ArticleENGINEERING YOUR PITCH
- WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE WIEGEL - Angel investment deals aren’t made on the spot as the TV show Shark Tank suggests. Instead, Entrepreneurs are excused from the meeting after delivering their pitches....
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