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According to the Harvard Business Review, “to sustain competitive advantage and growth, a leader must create standards to ensure that the company wins with those who matter most.” For CEO Rebecca Darr, her ability to form partnerships with prominent figures is why the WINGS Program is the largest domestic violence agency in all of Illinois. […]
Best Practices For Building Trust In Your Market With CEO Mike PykoszIn a market where advertisements are cluttered with buzzwords and vague messages, it can be difficult to cut through the clutter with a strong message. For CEO Mike Pykosz, the fact that his patients are 40 percent less likely to go to the hospital was not enough to build a strong consumer base. Entrepreneur says […]
Maneuvering The Highs And Lows Of Entrepreneurship With Award Winning CEO Desiree Vargas WrigleyAs the solo founder of Pearachute, CEO Desiree Vargas Wrigley has faced several challenges throughout her career, including the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. Pearachute is a monthly membership club that makes it easy for parents and caregivers to discover, book and drop into the best kid classes in town, all at the touch of […]
CEO Alex Niemczewski Is Committed To Accuracy When Informing VotersAlthough it is not widely known, there are elections that take place every single week. When it comes time to go into the voting booths, we have all been victim to being unprepared to fill out the entire ballot. Alex Niemczewski, CEO of BallotReady, is committed to providing detailed voter guides to help inform and […]
Windy City Motorcycle CompanyCommenced business in 2000 as a motorcycle (and related clothes, parts and services) retailer for Harley-Davidson® Motorcycles. At that time, WCMC had one location of just 18,000 square feet, 14 employees, sold 300 motorcycles per year and had annual revenues of $6.0M. Today, WCMC is among the largest motorcycle distributors in the U.S., represents four […]
Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing With Others: The Leadership Style Of William TownsHaving won the 2017 Chicago Innovation Award for collaboration, William Towns of Benefit Chicago prides himself on forming strong partnerships. According to Entrepreneur, forming relationships is an extremely critical but also delicate part of any successful business strategy. Although Benefit Chicago is an investment fund for social enterprises, they simply cannot fund everyone. Through the […]
Benefit ChicagoBenefit Chicago is mobilizing $100 million in impact investments to finance the growth of impact enterprises throughout the Chicago region. Our goals are to: 1. Build Wealth in or for communities through economic development, growth of community assets, and support for community-based entrepreneurs. 2. Create jobs that are accessible to community residents, particularly those for […]
How CEO Nihal Advani Successfully Rebuilt His Business While Managing Teams On Opposite Sides Of The WorldHaving to rebuild your business is something that no CEO ever wishes to do. After first launching as a travel planning agency, CEO Nihal Advani decided to pivot his company to focus on virtual travel. Today, Georama enables organizations to gather or provide video insights from smartphones or smart glasses anywhere in the world in […]
Learning To Identify Great Employees And Mentors With Arielle LevitanFounded by medical doctors, Vous Vitamin provides customers with personalized multivitamins that meet the unique health needs of each individual. After hearing from countless patients about their confusion over supplements, Arielle Levitan, MD, and her business partner Romy Block, MD, recognized the need to provide people with a high quality line of personalized vitamins — […]
Vous Vitamin, LLCDeveloped by Romy Block, MD, and Arielle Levitan, MD, Vous Vitamin offers a line of multivitamins that are tailored for individual needs. Determining the formulation that is right for each person is quick and easy. Consumers complete a brief personal survey on Vousvitamin.com where they are asked about such factors as age, chronic diseases, diet, […]