Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 11:23:45 -0500 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:23:45 -0500 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/GrubHub-and-Seamless-to-Join-Foodie-Forces-in-Merger-208150971.html Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:11 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/198*120/grubhubimages.jpg
Seamless North America and GrubHub, two major players in the online food ordering sector, have announced Monday. Reportedly, the merger will grant customers in the 500 cities access to local restaurants.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Groupon-Offers-POS-Service-for-all-Brick-and-Mortar-Businesses-207401171.html Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:31 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/230*120/Screen+Shot+2013-05-14+at+12.56.06+PM.png
About a year ago, Groupon acquired Breadcrumb, the creator of a POS system and iPad app that targets local restaurants. Now, the daily-deals company is launching the payment system for

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Investigating the Issues That Affect You Most

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NBC Chicago's series at helping you better manage your money and keep more of it in your pocket.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Social-Media-Lessons-Learned-from-Kickstarter-207280921.html Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:29 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/211*120/Zach+Braff+Kickstarter.jpg
Has your Facebook or Google+ page stalled because of lackluster engagement? As an SEO analyst and social media expert at OpticsPlanet.com, I’d love to tell you that posting 5 percent more often or with...

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/investigations/Big-Banks-Accused-of-Violating-Mortgage-Modification-Settlement/206993841 Fri, 10 May 2013 20:48:01 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/home_foreclosure.jpg
Bank of America and Wells Fargo are accused by law enforcement of turning their backs on struggling homeowners. Lisa Parker reports.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/In-Defense-of-Andrew-Mason-206778641.html Thu, 09 May 2013 13:59:12 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/160*166/137592220.jpeg
This blog is my campaign to free Andrew Mason from all the criticism levied against him and to crown him the Startup King of Chicago. After all, he turned the basic idea of group-buying discounts into...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Go-to-There-Next-Doors-Email-Marketing-Strategy-Workshop-206455121.html Tue, 07 May 2013 13:31:59 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/195*120/129717962.jpg
Come May 21, if your email marketing could use a little spit-shinin', Scott Winterroth, the founder of Front and Social will be at the free co-working space Next Door on

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Want-More-Money-Shorten-Your-Name-Study-206447691.html Tue, 07 May 2013 13:30:35 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Money_Thumb.jpg
Here's a weird one: "Every additional letter added to your name accounts for a $3,600 drop in annual salary" according to online job matching site TheLadders. What the baseline or ideal number of letters...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/misdial-telemarketing-206367161.html Mon, 06 May 2013 22:23:04 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/dial-phone.jpg
Whether you are tired, multitasking, distracted or you simply have fat fingers, the odds are it will happen to you: you dial a number on the phone and mistakenly hit one wrong

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/business/How-Internet-Sales-Tax-May-Affect-Chicago-Businesses/206340821 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:12:16 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/430PPKGINTERNETSALESTAXV2_11105182_722x406_29113923664.jpg
Proposed Internet sales tax will make collecting taxes from different taxing jurisdictions costly and time-consuming, some businesses say. LeeAnn Trotter reports.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Why-Groupon-Goods-VP-and-GM-Quitting-May-Not-Indicate-Much-of-Anything-206267331.html Mon, 06 May 2013 16:31:55 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Groupon+Off+2.jpg
The shake-ups at the daily-deal giant continue: Faisal Masud, Groupon’s VP and GM of Groupon Goods, will be leaving the company by the end of the month. Where he’s leaving for hasn’t yet been disclosed...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/How-1871-Has-Changed-Chicagos-Startup-World-One-Year-Later-205989051.html Fri, 03 May 2013 15:04:32 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/1871+new+wolinsky.jpg
There was a time when it seemed like Groupon and daily deals were Chicago and the startup world’s future. That has changed radically, certainly within the last year. As Groupon’s star has been waning,...

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1871's One-Year Anniversary Party

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/So-Hows-Groupon-Doing-The-Post-Mason-Report-205865631.html Fri, 03 May 2013 10:15:58 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Andrew+Mason+2.jpg
It feels like two ice ages ago when Andrew Mason was fired in February by Groupon, the company he helped create and make so dang ubiquitous. But now, it’s three months later and what’s going on with Groupon?

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Why-You-Need-an-Accountability-Partner-Right-Now-205600081.html Wed, 01 May 2013 17:26:44 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Lifeguard+training+Milford.jpg
Entrepreneurs are often great at making lists. We have grand plans to expand, conquer and define our territory. So why do certain items keep getting pushed down that to-do list and never actually get done?

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/NATL-BAY-COPY-Facebooks-Zuckerberg-Angers-Enviros-with-Keystone-XL-Pipeline-Ads-205670581.html Wed, 01 May 2013 19:32:51 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/160*120/FB13.JPG
Mark Zuckerberg has clicked "Like" on the Keystone XL Pipeline — and now his timeline is going to be chock-full of angry. The Facebook founder and CEO recently started a political advocacy group called FWD.us —...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/load-modification-subordination-agreement-wells-fargo-banco-popular-205491161.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:13:50 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/zorba-joliet.jpg
Even as foreclosure rates subside, homeowners "underwater" on their loans maintain one common complaint: paperwork delays seem to start, and end, inside banks.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Why-You-Should-Embrace-Some-of-Yelps-Small-Business-Powers-205424431.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:33:55 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/yelp+1.jpg
Our business encourages 100 percent of our customers to write reviews of our repair service. Most people that write reviews put them on Yelp.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/How-to-Temper-Expectations-About-Your-New-App-205415871.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:26:33 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/touchscreen.jpeg
I’ve written plenty of times about what’s involved with building an app or commissioning an outside team to help on that endeavor, but not really much on how to manage expectations when you’re building

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In case you had not heard, Facebook has been losing millions of users per month in its biggest markets, according to Business Insider, which, in turn, is citing “independent data.” It’s hard to get a feel for th...

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/business/State-of-the-Art-Green-Workplace-Provides-Lunch,-Games-and-Slides/205362681 Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:33 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/Slide_aweber.jpg
AWeber Communications headquarters in Chalfont, Bucks County, Pa. isn't your average workplace as it features video games, a pool table and even slides. NBC10's Jesse Gary reports ahead of the...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/business/Spring-Clean-Your-Career/205128901 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:16:27 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/160*120/22_170_resume.jpg
Spring clean your career with help from Chicago Temp Agency LaSalle Network

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Why-You-Should-Steal-Like-an-Artist-205235951.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:37:09 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/180*120/165993395_8.jpg
I periodically flip through one of the better books about creativity, published last year by visual artist and author, Austin Kleon. It’s called Steal like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Why-You-Should-Use-QR-Codes-Really-205236601.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:12 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/sa-tech-kettle-lead.jpg
There is no more put-down technology than the QR code. The red-headed stepchild of web marketers, the QR code is an easy go-to punchline, like this Tumblr filled with people scanning QR codes.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/How-Brands-Utilize-Rewards-Programs-to-Push-Customer-Conversion-204692121.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:36:00 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/167*120/file0001982605443.jpg
Facebook has been catching a lot of flak lately for its attempts to monetize a service it promised would always be free. Besides charging one dollar to message somebody off your friends list (don’t even get...

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/LivingSocial-Says-Customer-Accounts-Hacked-204916441.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:43:49 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/livingsocial.jpg
LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, says more than 50 million customer accounts may have been compromised by a cyberattack. Customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/UIC-to-Bolster-Startups-with-10M-Seed-Fund-204873971.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:27 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/money040813.jpg
I’ve picked on the word “innovation” a lot this week, but here’s something pretty cool from the University of Illinois at Chicago: The just-established Chancellor’s Innovation Fund established $2 million per yea...

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Before you read this headline, did you know the Senate is planning to vote on a bill that could individual states the authority to collect sales tax on all Internet purchases? It's been estimated the bill,...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Systems-Failure-Halts-Trading-On-CBOE-204697191.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:57:20 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/CBOE-generic.jpg
Chicago Board Options Exchange officials say the systems outage that delayed trading for several hours on Thursday was an internal problem and not the work of hackers. According to the CBOE web site,...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/How-to-be-a-Great-Boss-204503601.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:43:22 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/AP319567100395.jpg
I’ve worked in management roles for multiple companies, but somehow managed to avoid actually being a manager. I supervised a wonderful pool of interns throughout my career, but have never actually been in charg...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Twinkies-Make-a-Comeback-in-Schiller-Park-204659791.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:29:03 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/hostess-twinkies-156458828.jpg
New owners, Hostess Brands LLC—Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management LLC is tweaking the recipe slightly. They will not use union labor to power their plants

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Fast-Food-Retail-Workers-Walk-Out-In-Chicago-204462101.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:59:50 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/fast+food+strike.jpg
Workers call for higher wages, saying $8.25 isn't enough to live on

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/IPOs-Slow-Productivity-Innovation-Study-204498661.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:40:19 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/196*120/light-bulb.jpeg
I hate the word “innovation,” but not because of what it represents. It tends to be vastly, vastly overused to the point of the word being completely meaningless. But as a concept, a recent Stanford...

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]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/inc-well/Five-Companies-to-Know-that-Manage-Your-Business-Data-Online-204336771.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:49:25 -0500 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/touchscreen.jpeg
People search the Internet all the time to find information about businesses. They’re checking out company websites, blogs, local directories and listings, review sites, maps, social networks and other...

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Natura Pet Products is expanding a recall of dry pet foods over a possible salmonella risk to animals and people. Read the full story here.

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