Rick Desai

Rick Desai

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Dashfire

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Rick posted a blog: Dashfire Portfolio Company EverTrue Raises $5.25 million from Bain Capital!
“ Yesterday, EverTrue, a Dashfire portfolio company, announced a $5.25 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures.  Though EverTrue, an education fundraising platform, is headquartered in Boston, the story has a very important Built in Chicago... ”
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Rick commented on Tom Doar's Blog entry 'Tis the day before March Madness
“ really the best time of the year. great post! ”
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Rick commented on Jin Hwang's Blog entry EveningFlow partners with GrubHub! We have you covered!
“ Boom! A great channel partnership between one of Chicago's best companies and one of the most up and coming! Congrats, Jin. ”
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Rick posted a blog: Dashfire Portfolio Company EverTrue Raises $5.25 million from Bain Capital!
“ Yesterday, EverTrue, a Dashfire portfolio company, announced a $5.25 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures.  Though EverTrue, an education fundraising platform, is headquartered in Boston, the story has a very important Built in Chicago... ”
03/22/2013 view
Rick commented on Tom Doar's Blog entry 'Tis the day before March Madness
“ really the best time of the year. great post! ”
03/20/2013 view reply
Rick commented on Jin Hwang's Blog entry EveningFlow partners with GrubHub! We have you covered!
“ Boom! A great channel partnership between one of Chicago's best companies and one of the most up and coming! Congrats, Jin. ”
03/14/2013 view reply
Rick commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry Why I decided to go on a marketing blitzkrieg
“ love it! no better way to get a product in your customers hand than to go find them and hand it to them. pound the pavement, sarah!! ”
03/08/2013 view reply
Rick Desai has a new connection.
Rick answered Magento Developer
“ Our sister company FarShore (http://farshore.com/magento)  has designed, developed and supported a number of Chicago-local Magento Community Edition sites.  Check them out or ping jc@farshore.com if you want more information ”
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Rick commented on Alexxandra Miles's Blog entry Time flies when you're having fun.
“ Alexx killed it for us @ Dashfire. Just wait until she launches her next. big. idea. ”
08/17/2012 view reply

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Rick Desai
Dashfire Portfolio Company EverTrue Raises $5.25 million from Bain Capital!
Yesterday, EverTrue, a Dashfire portfolio company, announced a $5.25 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures.  Though EverTrue, an education fundraising platform, is headquartered in Boston, the story has a very important Built in Chicago back story.
03/22/2013
TAGS: brent grinna, brian spaly, brown university,...
VIEWS: 870
Rick Desai
Dashfire's New Home!
Dashfire officially has two homes: our desk in the friendly confines of 1871 and our new home in 
02/27/2013
TAGS: 1871, aaron firestein, bucketfeet,...
VIEWS: 563
Rick Desai
A Chicago Fear Experiment.
Late last year, I participated in Potluck 2.0 and quickly realized that I was unaware of an incredible underground Chicago sce
04/17/2012
TAGS: dashfire, ignite, potluck 2.0,...
VIEWS: 380
Rick Desai
Overheard at Tech In Motion: Customer Acquisition is Not a Field of Dreams.
Tonight is the fourth edition of Tech In Motion** (TIM), an event at which a startup “pitches” its product, and panelists and the audience analyze the business.*  In November, I participated in TIM III as a panelist along with Troy Henikoff, CEO of Excelerate Labs, 
01/19/2012
VIEWS: 312
Rick Desai
The More Time You Spend.
A common problem for start-ups is balancing a timely product launch with creating the perfect product. Personally, product-storming with our start-up partners is my favorite part of  Dashfire.  But while the conversations can be enjoyable, the ideating can quickly become interminable and...
01/12/2012
TAGS: Startups
VIEWS: 335

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