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Thu
12
Apr
Posted by: Marcy Capron
What’s next for Junto?

A very appropriate pivot, in fact: Junto 2.0.  We will continue to build startups for nontechnical founders – this is our primary service for the foreseeable future, as it has been from the get-go – but we will also be releasing internal tools to founders outside of our production cycle. Currently we help those who [...]

Mon
2
Apr
Posted by: Marcy Capron
Pretzel Crisps invade Junto!

Recently the lovely ladies at Pretzel Crisps sent us a big, heaping box of snacks. Yeah, free snacks… in our own office. Huh what?! Worked perfectly for us – our workflow involves a lot of snacking (we ate enough sliced parm and cheddar paired with this product to exhaust a cow) – and we’re at [...]

Thu
15
Mar

2+ years ago I was bored out of my mind. I’d dropped out of advertising grad school and was coding during my unfulfilled afternoons at an ad agency. I fell back in love with writing PHP and got into WordPress theming and… suddenly I was a person trained in photography and film, but capable of [...]

Wed
1
Feb
Posted by: Marcy Capron
Junto featured on Livefyre!

We use Livefyre for our commenting system sitewide and they were so kind as to feature us on their blog! We customized the heck out of their platform and we’re so pleased that they like it.   Check out that post here.

Mon
30
Jan
Posted by: Marcy Capron
Lean Chicago: Cash Monies in 2.25 Days

This past weekend I mentored and judged at Lean Startup Machine Chicago (#LsmChicago), and it was an incredible mix of education and competition. Don’t be a vanity startup A ton of future founders (of all talent/skillset varieties) show up at the location, pitch their ideas, and then team up (2-5 people) around the best ideas [...]

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