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Help Other People Be Successful

UPshow is a consumer engagement platform that focuses on “in-venue” marketing. Its CEO and co-founder Adam Hirsen discusses the challenges that a business may face in its early stages, and also the obstacles it may encounter after it has a foot in the door. One specific challenge Adam mentions, is having to try to deliver […]

Pirates Knock You Off

Dan Brown is the founder of Loggerhead Tools, a Chicago Innovation Award winning company. He talks about consulting work, and how it is as much selling as it is actually working, and through recognizing unmet needs that consumers have, anybody can create an innovative product. He explains that whenever somebody creates an innovative product, there […]

Business Is War, Perception Is Reality

AVANT is a channel sales enablement company located in Chicago, IL. The co-founder and president, Drew Lydecker, sits down to discuss some of the challenges companies may face when in periods of hyper-growth. He explains that one of the most important things a company can do to recruit and retain the best talent it can […]

Every No Is One Step Closer To A Yes

Energize Ventures is a venture fund dedicated to investing in digital technologies that make energy in industries more affordable and reliable. Amy Francetic, the managing director of Energize, sits down to discuss the challenges related to finding investors for the fund. One of the most important things that investors look for, she says, is a […]

Lead By Example

Atish Doshi is the founder of The Black Sheep, a college media marketing company that connects startups, brands, and student housing properties with students through online and offline channels on college campuses around the country. Atish talks about three challenges that his company faces – recruitment on college campuses, full-time recruitment, and dealing with industry […]

Get Somebody Even Better Than You

81-c is a business acquisition company that grows acquired companies through additional acquisition and consolidation. Dan Abbate, the founder and co-CEO, discusses the top three challenges that he has faced in this line of work. He discusses regulatory and compliance issues, how he deals with them, how to build community and investor relations in companies […]

Have The Guts To Do What Is Right

Carol Levin Bernick is the CEO of Polished Nickel Capital Management, a financial holding and financial management firm. Her biggest advice to young business owners is to ask themselves three questions – “What are you trying to do?”, “How much will it cost?”, and “How are you going to measure success?” She knows that it’s […]

Do Less Better

Linda MacLachlan, the Founder and CEO of Entara, an IT managed services company focused on serving the mid-market, discusses different methods a company can use to make themselves stick out. MacLachlan talks about how her company has brought progress-driven optimization methods to the experiences of users, making it a competitive force in a global economy. […]

Look For Common Goals

Information collection and processing has an incredibly adverse impact on professional growth and development. Catalytic is resolving this issue by taking advantage of Artificial Intelligence and Automation to help companies focus on original ideas instead of laborious processes. Jeff Grisenthwaite, the firm’s VP of Product, recently sat down with us to give an inside take […]

Care About Your Employees

With an attentive and open-minded approach, Sterling Site Access Solutions is notably improving project workflow on construction jobs. CEO Carter Sterling recently sat down with us to illustrate how operating with a caring and understanding manner within a leadership position encourages lasting satisfaction for company employees and clients alike. Regarding employees, Carter’s main goal is […]