  - Open-Sourcing Ideas: CrowdSpring Moves Ahead by Tapping the Masses
- The 11-month-old [company](http://www.crowdspring.com) hosts an online forum that allows companies to crowd-source design ideas from a community of creative types. Mon May 04 2009
| |  - The Obama Campaign's First Chief Tech Officer Tells a Start-up Story
- Orbitz veteran Kevin Malover joined the "Obama for America" campaign as CTO early on. Here he talks about the tech team's start-up strategies.
Mon Feb 02 2009
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 - Meet Tenacity Man! The Irrepressible Michael Ferro on Entrepreneurship
- The high-energy capitalist sold his company, Click Commerce, for $292 million to ITW in late 2006. Now he runs [Merrick Ventures](http://www.merrickventures.com), a holding company with a roster of big-name investors. Herein: a pep talk for upstarts. Thu Dec 04 2008
| |  - Xerox Chief Technology Officer Sophie Vandebroek on Innovation
- As CTO and president of the Xerox Innovation Group, Ms. Vandebroek leads global research for the company. Here, she discusses the organizational structure of Xerox. Tue Oct 21 2008
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 - Dick Costolo's Greatest Hits: The FeedBurner CEO's Entrepreneurial Wisdom
- The company that made RSS famous was was bought by Google for a reported $100 million this past February. Its co-founder here shows his true start-up mentality, doing some rapid-fire riffing on hiring, roles, revenue projections, etc. Fri Sep 05 2008
| |   - The Revolution is Only a T-Shirt Away: skinnyCorp's Expansion Plans
- The online community builders at skinnyCorp., the umbrella company of t-shirt haven [Threadless](http://www.threadless.com), recently launched a new concept — [nakedandangry](http://www.nakedandangry.com) — and just brought in a new [CEO](http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30529). Here, founder Jake Nickell and CCO Jeffrey Kalmikoff talk shop. Tue Aug 12 2008
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 - BARcamp: 48 Hours of Kegs, Code, Web Monkies and Idea-swapping
- This encore presentation of last year's Barcamp festitivies will give viewers a preview of this year's event, which begins Aug. 15 at the UIC Innovation Center, at 1240 W. Harrison. Thu Aug 07 2008
| |  - NAVTEQ CEO Judson Green on Nokia Buying the Company
- Green talks about partnering with the Finish telecom giant. Wed Jul 02 2008
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  - Conversations with Thought Leaders: Jason Fried of 37signals
- Fried and his cohorts at 37signals have produced software products like Highrise and Basecamp that have been embraced by well over a million people worldwide. Here, Jason talks about revenue, growth projections and customer relations. Tue Jun 24 2008
| |  - Conversations With Thought Leaders: Design Icon Carlos Segura
- Segura's Chicago [firm](http://www.segura-inc.com) has been at the forefront of design for years. Here he lays out his theories on effective design and client relations. Sat Jun 14 2008
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 - Conversations With Thought Leaders: Jim Coudal Reinvents the Business Model
- Chicago-based Coudal Partners is a multidisciplinary design consultancy that does everything from running an ad network to creating consumer products. Here Coudal discusses the firm's business model. Mon Jun 09 2008
| |  - Mike Domek's Company Sold for $265 mil. What He Learned Along the Way
- Domek founded TicketsNow.com, an online marketplace for event tickets, in 1999 and sold it to TicketMaster in January 2008. Here he talks about the lessons he learned as an entrepreneur. Mon Jun 02 2008
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