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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.

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.

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.

At some point last month, you probably caught a story or two about the South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, TX. Gamification and the Convergence of Internet and Traditional Media were the hot topics this year.

Over the next two weeks, some of the most creative, innovative, revolutionary ideas of the Changing World, will be uncovered and shared at South by Southwest in Austin, TX. Here is what SXSW is.

Every restaurant menu, in every restaurant, is a non-engaging, barely-persuasive piece of paper which rarely changes. It is the Digital Age. It is time for Restaurant Menu 2.0.