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BusinessWeek:
The Internet has become the podium for rants.
But Andrew Mason hopes his Web site will spur actions, not just more hot air. ThePoint.com invites people to create or join a campaign on anything, from winter-proofing Chicago with a dome to pressuring Pfizer to cut drug prices in developing countries.
Signing up is free, and site users […]
Springwise:
Originally launched back in 2004, Mather’s—More Than a Café is a chain of three Chicagoland cafes operated by Illinois-based Mather LifeWays, a nonprofit dedicated to helping seniors age well.
Offering a combination of restaurant, gathering place, fitness and educational center, each Mather’s locale is essentially a neighbourhood being space for seniors that aims to help older […]
BusinessWeek:
In Seinfeld parlance, T.J. Shanoff and Brad Spirrison were winter friends. While attending Chicago’s Latin School, the two hung out together. But every summer they split up to go to separate camps in Wisconsin to be with their summer friends.
Now they’ve teamed up to create a Web site, MyCampFriends.com, where everyone can be year-round friends.
Since […]
The New York Times:
As work is increasingly making inroads into leisure time, many business travelers are finding ways to turn that equation around — combining their travel for work with time for cultural and historical sightseeing.
“Cultural tourism can be an extension of business, it’s not just fluff,” said Patricia Martin, a marketing consultant and author […]
Red Herring:
Lusting for Angelina Jolie’s full lips or Brad Pitt’s blue eyes could become a thing of the past.
A Bellevue, Washington, startup wants to make dating star look-alikes happen. ActiveSymbols has launched a beta version of its Eyealike web site that allows users to quickly search for real people who resemble their favorite star across […]
Entrepreneur:
The second-most-trafficked social networking site, Facebook, is hoping a new offer will help it overtake competitor MySpace.com, which holds the number-one spot.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site is looking for software developers to create applications for the platform.
The new incentives are part of a $10 million fund financed by two venture capital firms. […]
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