Tag: startup networking
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Founder Network Guide for Early-Stage Builders
You've got an idea, a spreadsheet, and a supplier quote you don't quite trust. You could ask someone for help, but you don't want to sit through a sales pitch or explain why you haven't launched yet. You need a person who'll look at the problem with you and ask a sensible question. Why Founders…
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Finding Your Online Business Community: What Works
You're staring at your cash-flow spreadsheet after midnight. A supplier wants payment, a customer hasn't replied, and you can't decide whether your next move is sensible or desperate. You could post in a giant founder chat, but you don't want a sales pitch. You want someone who understands the problem and will tell you the…
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Idea Week Chicago: A Founder’s No-Nonsense Playbook
Most advice about Idea Week Chicago is wrong. People tell you to “stay open,” “follow your curiosity,” and “meet as many people as possible.” That's how you spend a full day listening to smart people, eating a stale cookie, and going home with nothing you can use on Monday. I want you to do the…
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Chicago Tech Week: A Founder’s Playbook for 2026
You open the chicago tech week schedule, scroll for a minute, then feel your chest tighten. Too many events. Too many neighborhoods. Too many people who all seem sharper, richer, and farther along than you. You start thinking the only winning move is to sprint from panel to panel and hope something good happens. That’s…
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