Local Business

10/25/2011

Learn about Fail Cube at Chicago Merchandise Mart! An entrepreneur's best friend!

Welcome to Fail Cube, a communal office space shared by six Web-based startups drawn by the low overhead and collaborative environment.

10/25/2011

Mainstream media's business model is broken. TMZ's Levin says adapt or die.

America's foremost gossipmonger has a little unsolicited advice for the nation's mainstream media: Your business model is broken.

10/19/2011

Get ready for the price hike! Starting in January, the price of a first class USPS stamp will cost 45 cents.

10/14/2011

It's a late nite for us at Studio Chicago. Ordering some Pete's Pizza on GrubHub.com. Sliders and fries on the way!

10/13/2011

How blatant can a company get to market to men? Dr. Pepper TEN. Only for men.

We drink a lot of Dr. Pepper at GeraldFarinas.com. And now there’s Dr. Pepper TEN. Smart to join Coke Zero and Pepsi Max in the “diet soda is for girls” man market?

10/13/2011

Left of the Dot Media unveiled Oahu.com as a platform for Oahu small businesses to market and advertise themselves, especially to tourists.

A new concept in marketing and advertising for Local Business in Honolulu has been unveiled by Left of the Dot Media.

10/13/2011

Martin bought an old Borders, yanked off letters from the sign and opened Ode, a low-budget bookstore!

Martin Carmody has rented out the former home of a Borders, rearranged some letters on the sign and opened his own low-budget bookstore.

10/09/2011

We'll be cheering you on from the sidelines and waiting for you at the finish! Congratulations to all the athletes running in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon!

10/08/2011

Chinese student's Apple tribute logo has a cult following after Steve Jobs' death.

When Steve Jobs resigned from Apple in August, 7,000 miles away in Hong Kong, graphic design student Jonathan Mak Long, "shocked" by the CEO's departure, did what he knew best: He created a design to honor the Apple co-founder.

10/06/2011

Steve Jobs changed the way we do things. He will always be a legend of innovation. A legend of dreamers.

10/05/2011

Small biz on Twitter and Facebook? Here's a real life example of what not to do!

A spat between a local business and one of its residential neighbors turns ugly.

10/05/2011

Mayor Emanuel to cut the $4 per worker per month head tax, paid by companies with 50+ employees, in half.

The head tax applies to roughly 2,700 Chicago companies with more than 50 employees who are taxed at a rate of $4 per employee, per month.