Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. Having a photo booth at a wedding, party or other event is pretty standard fare now-a-days and the novelty of putting on a funny hat and oversized glasses can get monotonous. Not if you’re Joe [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. When it comes to small business marketing, Ivana Taylor is a force, fitting considering her marketing firm is aptly named, Third Force. Ivana’s small business marketing body of work includes: Founder of DIYMarketers and Strategy Stew, [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. Longtime friends, Tom Keekley and Rob Haskin, founded Olive & Company in 2003 after uninspiring jobs left them with a desire to start their own creative design agency. Looking to create a collaborative anti-corporate work environment [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. Founder’s Note: I met Lauren when we worked together within the eCommerce division of a Fortune 100 retailer. We shared many conversations about work and fun personal life happenings during our commute and she always struck [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. Name: Ian Richardson Title: Founder Business: Doberman Technologies LLC Location: Lansing-Metro, Okemos Based Smartphone: Droids, iPhone 4, iPhone 5 Computer: Windows 7 Pro 64bit Other Gadgets: Servers count? We’re not really a gadget-based firm, but we’ve [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. Firmology Note: Alex Bratton likes to say that his Chicago-based software company, Lextech, builds ’serious apps’ for mobile and web platforms. How serious? When Lextech first launched in the basement of his home in 2001, they engineered [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. After learning the ropes at her family’s fine jewelry business on Chicago’s Jewelers Row, it was only natural for Sri Lakshmi to follow in their footsteps after a short career in the media industry. Leveraging her [...]

Firmology’s How I Power My Business series profiles the technology business owners use to run and grow their business. After launching as a digital think tank and consultancy for the wine industry, Paul Mabray pivoted VinTank into a software company. Wise move. Today, over 4,000 wine brands use VinTank’s social media monitoring platform to track [...]

I like to build things. As a kid I loved legos, electronics, and chemistry sets. That’s what drives me to this day—doing, driving change, building. I moved here from Romania to go to grad school. After grad school I moved to Chicago with $20 to my name. And I was planning to build a career. People helped me and as soon as I got my first job, I decided I will always help others build lives and careers to be proud of.