Angel investors brought together
Brad Spirrison: One of the raps against starting a tech-based business in the Chicago area is that young, promising companies can't raise enough money to test their concepts in the marketplace. It remains easier to raise $25,000 from friends and family or a seven-figure venture capital round in Silicon Valley and other regions than anywhere around here.
Brad Spirrison: One of the raps against starting a tech-based business in the Chicago area is that young, promising companies can't raise enough money to test their concepts in the marketplace. It remains easier to raise $25,000 from friends and family or a seven-figure venture capital round in Silicon Valley and other regions than anywhere around here.
Brill Street's search even takes it to Facebook, MySpace
Sandra Guy: Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites are earning a new role in the business world: the latest tool to find entry-level workers with unusual or hard-to-find skills."In 24 hours, we found a number of qualified students through a combination of Facebook, MySpace and electronic postings at eight local universities to fill a position in Chicago that required marketing education and a medical background," said Gilles Tanneur, CEO of Chicago-based Brill Street.
Sandra Guy: Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites are earning a new role in the business world: the latest tool to find entry-level workers with unusual or hard-to-find skills."In 24 hours, we found a number of qualified students through a combination of Facebook, MySpace and electronic postings at eight local universities to fill a position in Chicago that required marketing education and a medical background," said Gilles Tanneur, CEO of Chicago-based Brill Street.
Googling Google
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. It sounded preposterous 10 years ago, but look now: Google draws upon a gargantuan computer network, nearly 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market value to redefine media, marketing and technology. Perhaps Google's biggest test in the next decade will be finding a way to pursue its seemingly boundless ambitions without triggering a backlash that derails the company.
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. It sounded preposterous 10 years ago, but look now: Google draws upon a gargantuan computer network, nearly 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market value to redefine media, marketing and technology. Perhaps Google's biggest test in the next decade will be finding a way to pursue its seemingly boundless ambitions without triggering a backlash that derails the company.
Do you remember your first...Google?
Ten years after Google debuted, Chicago-area CEOs and business leaders recall their earliest encounters with the search engine that bested Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite and Lycos. Most of the business leaders had trouble recalling a time without Google. Here are the results:
Ten years after Google debuted, Chicago-area CEOs and business leaders recall their earliest encounters with the search engine that bested Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite and Lycos. Most of the business leaders had trouble recalling a time without Google. Here are the results:
Police union rips moves to tighten reins on cops
Chicago's police union is upset that officers will be asked to give up their DNA at crime scenes -- and that GPS will be used to track every cop's car.
Facebook to test new Web safety icon
TRENTON, N.J.---- The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Bargain hunters hit the jackpot at Web site
Sandra Guy: Brad Wilson, whose family traces its roots in Chicago back 100 years, has turned his obsession with finding bargains into a successful business, BradsDeals.com. Wilson's brainstorm happened when he was a student and started finding deals out of necessity that got fellow students' attention. After helping his friends find bargains online, Wilson realized he could attract a bigger audience by developing a Web site.
Sandra Guy: Brad Wilson, whose family traces its roots in Chicago back 100 years, has turned his obsession with finding bargains into a successful business, BradsDeals.com. Wilson's brainstorm happened when he was a student and started finding deals out of necessity that got fellow students' attention. After helping his friends find bargains online, Wilson realized he could attract a bigger audience by developing a Web site.
New CPS school offers high-tech education
Freshmen won't need book bags filled with textbooks or even pencils and pens when they walk into the new Chicago public high school opening today in the old Austin High building. Instead, they will be entering a mostly textbook-free world at Virtual Opportunities Inside a School Environment, one of 26 new or revitalized CPS schools to open today.
Freshmen won't need book bags filled with textbooks or even pencils and pens when they walk into the new Chicago public high school opening today in the old Austin High building. Instead, they will be entering a mostly textbook-free world at Virtual Opportunities Inside a School Environment, one of 26 new or revitalized CPS schools to open today.
