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Beyond the Pedway
How Kris Peterson Created A Successful Daily Deals Company From His Kitchen Counter
Kris Peterson was simultaneously training for the Chicago marathon and buying tons of Groupons. He couldn’t use all the Groupons he was buying and ended up losing the money he spent on them. He thought there had to be a secondary market to sell his unused deals. But there wasn’t. So Kris created one. Every night after his full time job, he sat at the kitchen counter and coded away at his idea. The fruit of Kris’ labor is DealsGoRound.com, [...]
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Midwest Media Now!
MMN: ep 031 Oh look LADYPARTS
I spent the evening with Jeph Porter and crew at Joone Studios in Wicker Park watching them wrap on a full day of shooting their sketch comedy series “Ladyparts”.
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Beyond the Pedway
How Nate St. Pierre Has Made A Business Out Of Changing The World
I truly admire folks that seek to make a difference in this world. Especially those that have found a way to support themselves doing so. Nate St. Pierre is one of those people. A while back, while leading a web team at a big company in Milwaukee, he participated in a leadership workshop. One of the questions was “Next year, I will….” Nate wrote down “change the world.” His idea of changing the world 15 minutes at a time became [...]
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The New Media Minute, Daisy Whitney
More viewers means more advertisers
Everyone from TV networks to indie web producers want to know how to get more viewers for their videos, because more viewers in turn means more advertisers. Keep an eye then on some of the new tools from online video tech firms Taboola and Adap.TV and the work they’re doing. For more details, check out Daisy Whitney in this week’s New Media Minute.
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Beyond the Pedway
How Celebrating The Little Victories Led To Brenden Mulligan Selling His Company To Sonicbids
Almost a year ago, I interviewed Brenden Mulligan to learn about ArtistData, the website he founded to help bands and musicians update all their various sites and profiles across the web. I was impressed, because it was just him and a small team creating this amazing tool being used by tens of thousands of musicians. Apparently I wasn’t the only one that was impressed. This past June, ArtistData was acquired by Sonicbids, a leading website for connecting bands and promoters. [...]
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