Troy Henikoff

Troy Henikoff

Managing Director
TechStars Chicago

Introduction

Serial entrepreneur helping build the Chicago startup scene.

Interests

Interests: 
Bootstrapping
Design
Founding startups
Lean startups
Product design
SEO/SEM
User experience
Industries: 
eCommerce
Financial

Links

http://www.ExcelerateLabs.com

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Troy commented on FAKE GRIMLOCK's Blog entry ME, FAKEGRIMLOCK, PUT CHICAGO IN BOOK OF AWESOME!
“ We are stocking up on the bacon, coffee and beer - come visit! ”
03/20/2013 view reply
Troy answered Does Built In Chicago actually work?
“ I agree that there are more lurkers than participants, I am guilty of that myself... I guess I read 100 posts for every one I comment on (at best...) BUT, it is an AMAZING place to see what is going on, I have pointed dozens of people to the jobs and... ”
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recent blog posts

Troy Henikoff
Why I chose to take a rails class at The Starter League.
  This fall, I have been taking the “Rails for Designers” class at Starter League.  Many people have asked me why, and I had a trite (but true) answer that “I want to be able to build things again!”    I was a developer years ago, my first company was a custom software shop...
11/29/2012
VIEWS: 1,319
Troy Henikoff
Amazing time lapse of Chicago
This is just one of the reasons that I LOVE Chicago, it is beautiful.  Sorry if this is not startup related, but take 3 minutes and enjoy it... Cityscape Chicago from Eric Hines on Vimeo.
11/25/2012
VIEWS: 173
Troy Henikoff
A request for help - send a photo to a friend, for free...
  This summer, one of the Excelerate companies has launched a beta version of their site, and wants to test what the demand for a service that prints and mails individual photos might be.  So, they have decided to offer the first thousand photos for free.  http://365prints.com/
07/30/2012
TAGS: Excelerate Labs
VIEWS: 1,110
Troy Henikoff
EXCELERATE LABS 2012: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
Do you have a phenomenal idea for a startup? Are you building a team? A product? A company?  
02/01/2012
VIEWS: 515
Troy Henikoff
Why the Chicago tech startup is taking off
I am looking for help...  I am writing a piece on the Chicago startup scene and how it has dramatically transformed in the last few years.  While I have my own opinions, I am looking for input from others on what the critical components have been and how they have impacted what is happening.  I...
11/21/2011
VIEWS: 454

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