Sarah Press

Sarah Press

Co-founder and CEO
Project Fixup

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Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Corey! Looking forward to seeing you as well! ”
04/26/2013 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Corey! Looking forward to seeing you as well! ”
04/26/2013 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Adam! We're very excited. ”
04/26/2013 view reply
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Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Corey! Looking forward to seeing you as well! ”
04/26/2013 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Corey! Looking forward to seeing you as well! ”
04/26/2013 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Thanks Adam! We're very excited. ”
04/26/2013 view reply
Sarah posted a blog: We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
“ Since I started blogging on Built in Chicago, I’ve done my best to write posts that, while sometimes related to Project Fixup, are also thought-provoking, informative, funny, and relevant to my fellow Chicago entrepreneurs. This is not one of th... ”
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Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry Why I decided to go on a marketing blitzkrieg
“ Thanks Samer! I will definitely do a recap afterwards to share how it went (and all the mistakes I made that others can learn from :)). ”
03/07/2013 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
“ Thanks Paul! Yeah, I think that is good advice, although sometimes the time tradeoffs can be challenging. Are there any successes from Code Academy where a business founder went from zero to competent and then found a partner? ”
08/23/2012 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
“ Yep, there are definitely a lot of communication challenges on both sides. Perhaps that's a topic for a future blog post! ”
08/23/2012 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
“ Thanks Marc, glad you found it useful! Yes, it's definitely a topic that's near and dear to my heart as well - for my previous startup I spent two+ years searching for a technical co-founder to no avail. Got lucky this time, so I look forward to hear... ”
08/23/2012 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
“ Of course - it's a great story :). Thanks so much for sharing it! ”
08/22/2012 view reply
Sarah commented on Sarah Press's Blog entry How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
“ Thanks for your comment! I absolutely agree with you - it's definitely a little troubling as most people can't meet technical co-founders through many of these channels. But I am not sure if it's because of a skewed sample or because getting a te... ”
08/22/2012 view reply

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Sarah Press
We are in Techstars Chicago!! Come celebrate with us!
Since I started blogging on Built in Chicago, I’ve done my best to write posts that, while sometimes related to Project Fixup, are also thought-provoking, informative, funny, and relevant to my fellow Chicago entrepreneurs.   This is not one of those posts.   We were accepted into...
04/25/2013
TAGS: accelerator, Project Fixup, startup,...
VIEWS: 386
Sarah Press
Why I decided to go on a marketing blitzkrieg
Last week, I was feeling pretty good about Project Fixup. We were coming up on a few cool mini milestones, including our 1000th signup and 100th confirmed date. People were buying credit packages, they were thanking me for organizing fixups that were leading to relationships, they were saying our...
03/07/2013
TAGS: Belly, dating, entrepreneurship,...
VIEWS: 1,562
Sarah Press
A Valentine's Day Thanks From Project Fixup
February 14th is the dating startup's version of Thanksgiving, so I wanted to take a minute to thank all of you all for all the support you've provided to Project Fixup to date. 
02/14/2013
TAGS: Chicago, dating, Project Fixup,...
VIEWS: 490
Sarah Press
Calling all single Chicago males!
It’s been an exciting time for Project Fixup, our Chicago dating startup that sets people up on fun one-on-one dates around the city. Over 200 people have paid to get fixed up through our service and the vast majority of people who get fixed up like the experience and want to do it...
11/11/2012
TAGS: Chicago, dating, entrepreneurship,...
VIEWS: 1,690
Sarah Press
How Chicago entrepreneurs actually found their technical co-founders
When reading about how to find a technical co-founder, you tend to see some pretty consistent advice. Thou shalt go to networking events! Thou shalt first build an MVP! Etc etc. But do those strategies really work? And why is everyone talking in Old English?  I took this question to the...
08/22/2012
TAGS: Chicago, entrepreneurship, Startups,...
VIEWS: 2,579

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