Local Business

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

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

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

Harvey Levin warns mainstream media: adapt or die America's foremost gossipmonger has a little unsolicited advice for the nation's mainstream media: Your business model is broken.

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

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

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

Dr. Pepper TEN. It's not for women. 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?

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

Oahu.com unveiled to market Honolulu small businesses A new concept in marketing and advertising for Local Business in Honolulu has been unveiled by Left of the Dot Media.

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

An Ode to Cheap Books in a Former Borders Martin Carmody has rented out the former home of a Borders, rearranged some letters on the sign and opened his own low-budget bookstore.

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!

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

Jonathan Mak Long's Apple Logo Has Following 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.

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

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

WhizTechCafe's social media miss A spat between a local business and one of its residential neighbors turns ugly.

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

Emanuel takes hatchet to tax paid by businesses for each employee per month 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.