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• adapt.ly
• bln.kr
• blurtt
• Confer
• CorkShare
• eMotion Group Inc.
• FanGo
• FIPPEX
• Flexhire
• G2.fm
• Genlighten
• GiveForward
• Halo Monitoring

• HaveMyShift
• iCubed International
• Intelligent Generation
• JoeMetric
• KnowledgePay
• Medic8 Manager
• Qwirkit
• Rent Monitor
• Spreedly
• Sunflower Solutions
• thinklinkr
• Watermelon Express

adapt.ly

Website: http://adapt.ly

Location: Evanston, IL

CMO: Shobhit Chugh

What they do in 140 chars: Adapt.ly constantly monitors advertising data and provides actionable intelligence to constantly improve your ad campaigns.

bln.kr

Website: http://bln.kr

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Justin DeLay

What they do in 140 chars:  http://bln.kr is the best way for artists to share & track the music they make to facebook, twitter, youtube, blogs, smartphones, and more.

blurtt

Website: http://blurtt.com

Location: Evanston, IL

CEO: Nikhil Sethi

What they do in 140 chars: Blurtt lets you send real postcards to your friends and family, without knowing their address! Send love with blurtt.

Confer

Website: http://www.getconfer.com

Location: Wooster, OH

President: Ed Buchholz

What they do in 140 chars: Confer is a new communication tool built for transparency and efficiency inside an organization.

CorkShare

Website: http://www.corkshare.com

Location: Cleveland, OH

Co-Founders: Jim England, Tim Gasper, Huston Hoburg

What they do in 140 chars: Build online corkboards to post, share, and discuss content with your friends.

eMotion Group, Inc.

Website: http://www.bffgemz.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Avelo Roy, Ed Suda

What they do in 140 chars: BFF Gemz pendant, by eMotion, is a smart jewelry that aims to connect tween girls in the US online & offline, combining safety and fun.

FanGo

Website: http://www.thefango.com

Location: Lexington, KY

CEO: Collin Wallace

What they do in 140 chars: Stop waiting in line! FanGo is a mobile app that allows customers @ stadiums & arenas to order food and fan gear straight to their seat!

FIPPEX

Website: http://www.fippex.com

Location: Chicago, IL

Founder, CTO: David Pessis

What they do in 140 chars:  From raising capital, to managing contacts, to investor reporting, FIPPEX provides online, integrated solutions for investment funds.

Flexhire

Website: http://www.flexhire.com

Location: Cleveland, OH

CEO: Joseph Regallis

G2.fm

Website: http://g2.fm

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Jason Weingarten

What they do in 140 chars: G2.fm is a one stop shop for bands/artists/musicians to find live music gigs with actual open dates to play at.

Genlighten

Website: http://www.genlighten.com

Location: Wilmette, IL

CEO: Dean Richardson

What they do in 140 chars:  Genlighten.com: our online marketplace helps genealogists find the offline documents they need using a network of skilled local researchers.

GiveForward

Website: http://www.GiveForward.org

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Desiree Vargas

What they do in 140 chars: GiveForward gives people free, personal fundraising pages to raise money for a loved one’s medical expenses.

Halo Monitoring

Website: http://www.halomonitoring.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Chirag Patel

What they do in 140 chars: @halo_monitoring is focused on keeping seniors in their home w/ automatic fall detection, real time vitals monitoring, & compliance tracking.

HaveMyShift

Website: http://havemyshift.com

Location: Chicago, IL

Founder: Sean Corbett

What they do in 140 chars: @HaveMyShift gives hourly workers options at work. 5600 people have traded 44,000 hours of shifts and $27,000 in bonuses to date!

iCubed International

Website: http://www.iwavecube.com

Location: Cleveland, OH

CEO: Phil Davis

Intelligent Generation LLC

Website: http://www.intelgen.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Jay Marhoefer

What they do in 140 chars: Intelligent Generation unites solar energy bldg owners into networkd mkt bloc/ boosts cost svngs 2x-3x / creates giant virtual utility.

JoeMetric

Website: http://www.joemetric.com

Location: Columbus, OH

HeadJoe: Stephanie Rucinski

What they do in 140 chars: JoeMetric is changing the face of market research! Demographically targeted mobile surveys with GPS targeting, pictures, audio, and more.

KnowledgePay

Website: http://www.knowledgepay.com

Location: Sycamore, IL

CEO: Chris Kelley

What they do in 140 chars:  KnowledgePay is Unified Compensation Intelligence for corporations.  See our Solutions page at http://bit.ly/9enkBC.

Medic8 Manager

Website: http://www.personalcaregiver.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Daniel Bernstein

What they do in 140 chars:  Personal Caregiver helps you take the right medications at the right time and tracks refill reminders.

Qwirkit

Website: http://qwirkit.com

Location: Hoffman Estates, IL

CEO: Assad Fehmy

What they do in 140 chars: Qwirkit: Online Exchange, post work needed or display your skills for a match for work. Work small jobs and earn a steady stream of income.

RentMonitor

Website: http://www.rentmonitor.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Brett Yates

What they do in 140 chars: Rent Monitor is a web based property management solution designed for individual rental property owners and property management companies.

Spreedly

Website: http://spreedly.com

Location: Chicago, IL

CEO: Nathaniel Talbott

What they do in 140 chars: Spreedly makes subscription management and recurring billing easy, allowing you to focus on your core product and launch faster.

Sunflower Solutions

Website: http://thesunflowersolutions.com

Location: Cleveland, OH

Solar EmPowerer, Founder: Chris Clark

What they do in 140 chars: EmPower Plants by Sunflower Solutions are the world’s first and only manually operable solar power systems and cut the cost of solar by over 33% in remote areas.

thinklinkr

Website: http://thinklinkr.com

Location: Chicago, IL

Founders: Vishu Ramanathan, Jason Tillery

What they do in 140 chars: Think together with thinklinkr.

Watermelon Express

Website: http://www.watermelonexpress.com

Location: Chicago, IL

Founders: Ashish Rangnekar, Ujjwal Gupta

What they do in 140 chars: Watermelon Express builds test prep apps that work and sync across mobile, web and desktop platforms – a truly anytime-anywhere solution.