  - Dennis Serio's Mission: Link Hungry Start-ups with Angel Investors
- Serio, founder of the 2-year-old Illinois Business and Investor Forum, is helping fire-up the area entrepreneurial community by giving companies a chance to sell themselves in front of the highly successful angel investors that attend his deal screenings. Tue Feb 13 2007
| |   - Former Q Interactive CEO Matt Moog on His New Company: Viewpoints.com
- Moog's new site, set to exit beta this spring, is a forum for reviews of everything from mortgage providers to exercise gear. Here he discusses his business model and the lessons he learned running Q Interactive (aka CoolSavings). Mon Feb 12 2007
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 - Our Biomedical Future: "Brains on a Chip," Tissue Engineering, Gene Therapy
- In her five-year trend forecast at the MIT Enterprise Forum, consultant Valerie Pajak focused on the frontiers of biomedicine, everything from combating disease at the genetic level to the financial impact of good health. Fri Feb 09 2007
| |  - Are You Experienced? If You Run a Business, Joe Pine Says You Ought to Be
- Pine argues that when goods and services are commoditized, the customer "experience" becomes crucial. Here he shows how his pioneering notion applies to the modern day. Thu Feb 08 2007
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 - The Grapes of Math: How the Juicy Wine Co. Calculates Its Prices
- Co-owner Rodney Alex's formula is simple: He takes his cost, adds a reasonable (comparatively speaking) 50% mark-up and sells it. If you want to actually drink it at his wine bar, he'll tack on a flat $15 no matter the price of the bottle. Wed Feb 07 2007
| |  - Chicago.com Owner Josh Metnick on His Prized Piece of Digital Real Estate
- Metnick — who also recently added Illinois.com to his domain-name arsenal — talks about how he's monetizing the city site, how many hits it gets and what it might be worth today (his purchase price in 2001 was in the "mid six figures.") Tue Feb 06 2007
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  - Life's a Pitch: Entrepreneurs Get 60 Seconds to Present Their Companies
- At Chicago Beta, a meetup where entrepreneurs gather to talk shop, six companies gave 60-second pitches, including AudioSnacks, Humanized, TimeXchange, CohesiveFT, Braintree and Zaplee. Mon Feb 05 2007
| |  - Show & Tell at Tech Cocktail, Part 3: The Neuros OSD
- At Tech Cocktail 3, a variety of companies demoed their products. Today we focus on Neuros Technology's OSD, a Linux-based open-source device that allows consumers to transfer their media content between their iPods, PDAs, laptops and home entertainment centers. Fri Feb 02 2007
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 - Show & Tell at Tech Cocktail, Part 2: A Jellyfish.com Product Demo
- At Tech Cocktail 3, a variety of companies demoed their products. Today's feature is Jellyfish.com, a shopping search engine that shares revenue with users. Biz/dev direcor Aaron Everson led the demo. Thu Feb 01 2007
| |  - Show & Tell at Tech Cocktail, Part 1: A Weave The People Product Demo
- At the entrepreneurial powwow known as Tech Cocktail 3, a variety of companies showcased their business concepts, including Weave The People.com, an online social networking application. Wed Jan 31 2007
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 - Ask an Angel Investor: a Q&A with Ron Kirschner
- Kirschner is the founder of Heartland Angels, a network of 21 investors that considers funding requests for between $250,000 and $1 million. Here he explains Heartland's philosophy, ROI expectations, and mistakes start-ups make when courting an angel. Tue Jan 30 2007
| |  - Meet the Company That's Reinventing Airline Food
- GoPicnic's Julia Stamberger was working at United Airlines when she hit on the idea of replacing quickly perishable in-flight meals with healthy foods that have a longer shelf life. Now, she and her business partner, Pam Jelaca, are taking their "boxed picnic meals" beyond the airline industry. Mon Jan 29 2007
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