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Chicago Startups are about to get a blast of acceleration which will shower the technology scene like water from a firehose. 1871 is a new Digital Startup Center and it is coming in just a few months to the 12th floor of that juggernaut on the Chicago River we know as the Merchandise Mart. The not-for-profit innovation, collaboration, and mentoring space will offer its 50,000 sqft of space to more than 320 of our city's brightest new innovators.

In this video from Forbes, Sean Parker gives some WorldChanging advice to two young entrepreneurs. Three times, Parker reinforces that above all else the most important thing for an entrepreneurial startup to possess is a team that can execute on a vision, whatever that vision might be.

The World of Email is Changing. There is a long-overdue shift happening in which Email is being replaced by more effective & immediate ways of sharing information. And whenever we begin talking about the evaporation of email, someone in the room always asks, "So which Social Network is going to win?" The answer is none of them. But before I get into that, let's take a look at what's actually happening.

It's almost time for South by Southwest!! Every March, some of the most creative, innovative, and revolutionary ideas of the Changing World will be uncovered and shared at South by Southwest in Austin, TX.

So it has been two weeks now since the Facebook F8 conference. If you watched it, you undoubtedly caught the mention of the integration between Spotify and Facebook.

This article from Joel Spolsky from circa 2000 always reminds me that it is harder to read code than to write it. If you make software, this is one of those required-reading articles that we all hate reading, because we know some of it is true.

VisualizeMe allows you to connect to your LinkedIn profile and create an amazing infographic which presents your qualifications in a innovative new way. This new startup has just changed the way we will look at resumes from today onward.

Occasionally each of us finds ourselves looking for a job. And it is not surprising that the World is Changing there too. We are on the cusp of something great. This is a time of opportunity in the job search and recruitment world.

Innovative companies of the last decade have Changed the World in incredible ways and of them, Facebook has had the biggest impact on our personal lives. On our actual Lives. Facebook has changed the way we relate with other people.

Nothing helps us illustrate how quickly the World is Changing like a great video infographic. And although the video below is more than a year old, the info is still staggering and the time that has passed only makes these things more true.