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Posts from ‘November, 2006’

Moving to NBC primetime…almost

As a part of our never-ending quest to help people find better food, I’ll be blogging about Chicago life on NBC5 Chicago’s Street Team blog (Thanks for the opporunity Marcus!). I’ll be focusing on restaurants around Chicago as I embark on my personal goal to try every restaurant in the city…budget and lifespan allowing [...]

When it comes to business cards, gray is the new black

It’s a new month, which means another fine working session for Two-Bit Operation. Justin flew into town on Monday, and we’re looking forward to attending a number of networking events here in Seattle, including a TIE business plan competition and Seattle MindCamp.
In preparation for these and future promotional activities, we designed a sleek, black [...]

Beer is a lubricant for networking, not speaking

According to Wikipedia, “Beer is considered to be a social lubricant in many societies.” While we’ve definitely found this to be true, the wonderful effects aren’t necessarily positive on public speaking.
On November, Keith Schacht’s monthly Chicago Beta networking event took place at Goose Island Brewery. The event is geared towards anyone involved in [...]

Reading is Fundamental for Success

It’s easy to forget to breathe when you’re a startup trying to juggle all kinds of different activities, but that’s also why it’s even more important that you pause once in a while, calm down, and sit down for a nice leisurely read. I found a great way to do it is to get [...]