  - Couch Potatoes Rejoice: Joost is a "Whole New Way of Watching TV"
- This new online TV platform from the Skype founders promises a high-quality, full screen picture and internet features such as search and instant messaging. Fri Aug 24 2007
| |  - A Tale of Two Boats: The Results of Brunswick's Big Innovation Push
- Brunswick CEO Dustan McCoy talks about the _Bayliner_, which is the only boat of its size (18-feet) under $10,000, and _Zeus_, which is the first boat of its kind able to move sideways. Part 2 of 2 Wed Aug 22 2007
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  - Brunswick Corp. CEO Dustan McCoy on the Innovation Imperative, Part 1
- Mr. McCoy discussed Brunswick's long string of successful products, the company's rough patch in 2000, and getting employees to refocus on innovation. Mon Aug 20 2007
| |  - ENCORE PRESENTATION: Spinning Celebrity Nudity into a $6 Million Business
- MrSkin.com is an online database of nude movie scenes run by Chicagoan Jim McBride. With 44 employees and 6 million visitors a month, his next move is to see if he can lure big-name advertisers. Sat Aug 18 2007
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 - Get a Room: A Look at the New Hotel Sax
- The hotel, which was formerly the House of Blues Hotel, is wrapping up a $17 million renovation but is still working out kinks. Adam Kaplan, director of marketing, wants it to compete with the Four Seasons. Can it? Time will tell. Fri Aug 17 2007
| |  - VC Matt McCall Discusses FeedBurner and Tips for Successful Start-ups
- McCall, a partner at Chicago VC firm Portage Venture Partners, talks about how FeedBurner epitimized many of the attributes that make Web 2.0 companies successful. Wed Aug 15 2007
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 - Killer Campaign Ads: How They Work and Why
- During a session at the Daily Kos Convention a few weeks ago, Mark Riddle, partner at the Nashville-based Fletcher Rowley Chao and Riddle, gave assessments of ads that have helped make the difference for lower-level canididates running in local campaigns. Mon Aug 13 2007
| |   - The Million Dollar Question: Can a $340,000 Grant Help Reinvent Journalism?
- Geoff Dougherty's "hyperlocal" journalism site — ChitownDailyNews .org — just recieved a $340,000 grant to cover all 75 Chicago neighborhoods by recruiting and training 75 volunteer reporters. Fri Aug 10 2007
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 - Leo Burnett's Head of Digital Practices on the Future of Online Marketing
- Mark Renshaw of Arc/Leo Burnett talks about how the agency's big consumer clients are using new technologies to extend their marketing reach. Wed Aug 08 2007
| |  - The World According to Ron May
- May, publisher of Chicago tech newsletter “The May Report,” traffics in gossip and rumor. “I’m not a journalist,” he says adamantly. So what is he? Here Ron explains his unorthodox brand of reporting.
Mon Aug 06 2007
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 - Meet the Angels, Pt. 4: Ron Kirschner
- Ronald L. Kirschner, M.D., is the founder of Heartland Angels, Inc. a private equity network that brings together investors with early stage companies. Fri Aug 03 2007
| |  - Meet the Angels, Pt 3: Bob Geras
- The president of LaSalle Investments, Inc. has a portfolio of $30 million in 18 different companies. Mon Jul 30 2007
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