[quote style=”boxed”]I stay excited about tomorrow. I literally go to bed excited to wake up the next day knowing that it hold limitless opportunities. You never know what email will come through your inbox that makes that day special for the rest of your life. It’s that outlook that keeps…
[quote style=”boxed”]Sell, sell, sell. I make sure items are priced to make a profit yet are in line with what folks want to spend on kids’ items.[/quote] Dawn Martin is a stay at home, plus work at home, mom located in Illinois. She graduated with an Architectural Engineering degree back…
[quote style=”boxed”]I work on my vision twice each week, two hours each session. I can’t stress how important it is to plan and strategize to grow as a person and as a professional.[/quote] Neena Vlamis, president and co-owner of A & N Mortgage Services, Inc., has more than 12 years…
[quote style=”boxed”]Pull over once in a while to take it all in! Like many entrepreneurs, I’ve been going hard, working 90+-hour weeks for the past six years. I’m just now realizing I need to start working on the balance thing — even if it’s just making time to watch old…
I constantly look for ways to make things more efficient, more cost effective, easier, simpler, and in one word better. Brendan Egan grew up in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, Illinois. Growing up he always had an entrepreneurial mind and worked to improve upon the ideas of others. At…
[quote style=”boxed”]”All these things are fleeting, and I never want to feel regret, that I wish I had enjoyed life more.”[/quote] Sarah is a Chicago native. It’s the city where she was raised, graduated from high school, found her first job, was married and (relatively recently) had her two baby…
[quote style=”boxed”]Deliberate practice – consistently focus on being staggeringly good at what you do.[/quote] Sean Johnson is a partner and leads product development at Digital Intent, a firm that conceives, builds and grows new digital startups. He has helped companies like Groupon, Follett, HarperCollins, Sittercity and more create innovative digital…
[quote style=”boxed”]If we were to start again, we would definitely want to be born into money. Not being fed from the silver spoon is the worst decision we’ve ever made.[/quote] Margaret Rode, together with her best friend and co-founder, Becca Feroe, run a Chicago start-up called doublesDate. Margaret and Becca…
Meet Margaret Rode and Becca Feroe – Founders of doublesDate
After self-producing and licensing board games, Mary turned her passion for the joy of invention into DiscoverGames.com, the world’s largest co-op of board game inventors. Widely recognized among her peers as a toy industry visionary, Mary introduced the inaugural Chicago Toy & Game Fair (ChiTAG) at Chicago’s famous Navy Pier…
Meet Mary Couzin – Founder and President of Chicago Toy & Game Fair
[quote style=”boxed”]After configuring an idea, I like to let it sit around for a good while to see if jumps off the page or not. I also like to refine them over time, and further consider if the idea is worth the exercise and investment to bring to life. [/quote] Joshua…