Small Business
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Naperville man's app helps people pick pets from shelters nationwideNov 03, 2015 4:10 am - Mark Wade got his dog, Kitsu, on a whim during a family trip to a pet store 14 years ago. He would never dream of taking the same approach today, he says. Not with what ...
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New Indian restaurant set to open in PalatineNov 03, 2015 12:00 am - A new Indian restaurant is set to open in Palatine's Woodcraft Plaza shopping center on Dundee Road, after the project won approval Monday from the village council. Nick...
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Buffalo Grove stays out of dry cleaner drive-through window disputeNov 03, 2015 12:00 am - Despite claims it would create a competitive disadvantage for a longtime local business, Buffalo Grove trustees on Monday granted a new dry cleaning business a permit fo...
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Five West Chicago businesses to receive awardsNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - Five West Chicago businesses this month will receive Brilliance in Business Awards from the city. The five, which will be recognized in a city council meeting Monday, No...
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Best-Way adds St. Charles storeNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - Best-Way Rug & Furniture Cleaners, which opened in 1939 in downtown Wheaton, has opened a new satellite store in St. Charles. The new location will be a drop-off and...
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Elk Grove mayor recognized as Small Business Advocate of the YearNov 01, 2015 10:00 pm - On Oct. 12, U.S. Conference of Mayors representative Jeff Bean presented Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson with the 2015 Small Business Advocate Award, which recogni...
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Building small businesses online, one click at a time
Nov 01, 2015 7:12 am - Many small-business owners just want to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and shut down shop at the end of a long day. After fielding calls, filling orders and working with customers,...
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Woodstock CEO helps turn around family firmNov 01, 2015 7:00 am - Patricia Miller, owner of Matrix IV in Woodstock, recently faced a vacation in Peru unlike most. It included a train derailment and two-day transportation strike. While...
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State of the small business communityNov 01, 2015 5:12 am - Ever wonder what's driving your small business counterparts? Conversations with three of the suburbs' top Small Business Development Center managers - Harriet Parker, wh...
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INfrequently Asked Questions: Pooper scooper says business is 'picking up'Oct 31, 2015 11:00 pm - This week's INfrequently Asked Questions column talks to Ron Johnson, who lives near West Chicago. Johnson, with his wife, Sandi, operates Ron John Poo-B-Gone (motto: “...