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Updated on April 08, 2025

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Adrienne Teeley Adrienne Teeley
Updated on April 08, 2025

How to Build a Sales Team That Nobody Wants to Leave

Smokeball’s product might “sell itself,” but that’s not the only thing that makes life on the company’s sales team worthwhile.

Alton Zenon III Alton Zenon III
Updated on April 08, 2025

Keys to creativity: How devs at 7 Chicago companies stay inspired

Creativity is essential to development teams in looking for solutions to complex problems, but creativity can be a tough thing to maintain.

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Updated on April 08, 2025

An Open Letter to the Artists

Alton Zenon III Alton Zenon III
Updated on April 08, 2025

The Items That Kim Michelson, Co-Founder of Honest Game, Needs to Lead

Members of the tech community make us who we are, so we’re celebrating Built In users in an article series called: #TheTechLife. Meet one incredible tech pro here.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on April 08, 2025

Tempus Raised $200M, Blueprint Got $3.4M, and More Chicago Tech News

Chicago’s most valuable startup landed a massive new funding round and minority students got new laptops for school. Read on to find out what else happened last week in Chicago tech. This is the Built In Chicago weekly refresh.

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