March 2008
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WatchVideo: MetroProper Local Business “Digg”
Frank Gruber
MetroProper, a Chicago-based company, that recently demoed at TECH cocktail Chicago 7 just relaunched their site to offer a totally fresh design. Deemed as “Digg for local businesses” MetroProper offers an number of social sharing and bookmarking features.
I got a chance to chat with Philip Tadros founder of...
December 2007
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Watch john mokate, dannielle reid & zhenia koval are producing a show based of the media submitted to metroproper.com
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Small Biz Bites Blog
Philip Tadros - Small Business
Posted by: Andrew Benkard : December 5th, 2007
Today we’re going to leave the crowded airspace of our EWR/JFK/LGA home and take a trip to the Second City.
Chicago resident and community builder Philip Tadros was at the NYT Small Business Summit in October. We exchanged thoughts on startups not long ago.
Entrepreneurs wondering how the internet can...
November 2007
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FlashBack Article, Just Found!
Filling Chicago’s communal cup
Babs Myers
Coagulate your talents.”
That’s what’s written next to the smoothie prices and coffee selections on the menu board, one of the first things you notice when you walk in the door. Then you notice the enormous three-headed dragon puppet dangling on the wall, all grinning, glittering gold and red and purple. Chairs of every...
October 2007
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Midwest Minute on Social Networks:
The Midwest has its own growing roster of social networking companies and Web sites looking to get a piece of the pie. There is Chicago-based Viewpoints.com, for example, which is funded to the tune of $5 million by a virtual who�s who of the city�s angel investors. Planypus, MetroProper and MyCampFriends.com (disclosure: this reporter serves as a director of that company) are also just getting...
August 2007
2 posts
MetroProper: Give Props To Local Scene
MetroProper, a Chicago-based startup founded by Philip Tadros, will soon be launching into the public beta, after an extended private beta period which started in July 2006. MetroProper is a social network for business or personal profiles with citizen journalism in cities around the world.
MetroProper combines elements of craigslist, LinkedIn, MySpace and Digg into a one online social...
May 2007
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Community 2.0 and the Built Environment: The Phil...
I had a chance to talk to Phil Tadros, who runs Dollop, the coffee shop that serves as a major third place in Buena Park, my neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. Dollop, from the front door to the back storage area, looks like your living room. It’s comfortable, cozy, and full of friendly-looking people chatting or typing away furiously on their laptops. Not gonna lie — I love...
March 2007
12 posts
Chicago Tribune
MINDING YOUR BUSINESS
Informational sites seek ways to turn a profit Growth of job boards, social networks lure wave of entrepreneurs By Ann Meyer Special to the Tribune Published March 12, 2007
The growth of online social networks and job boards has inspired a new crop of entrepreneurs looking to get in on the action. In Chicago, Philip Tadros is testing MetroProper.com, which combines local...
Crain's Chicago Business YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS 2007
One thing after another THE IDEA MAN
“At this point, I would consider myself a serial entrepreneur,” Philip Tadros says. Photo: Stephen J. Serio
For as long as I can remember, I’ve tried to get loans for crazy projects. But the first one I actually got was for Don’s Coffee Club in Rogers Park, which was listed for $25,000 in a Chicago Reader ad. Don was an...
Valentine's Day Party
a fundraising event for chances by choice dot org
SiliconValleyWatcher - diggrz: Hypervideo, CG...
Former FT reporter Tom Foremski and team on the business and culture of innovation Posted on 09/26/2006 15:12 PM | Link | Post Comment By lucaso for Silicon Valley Watcher
As hypertext transformed the written web, so too may hypervideo transform the multimedia web.
Imagine watching a video piece on the web. Up pops an image of Hunter S. Thompson. You click on the image and...
TechCrunch - Midwest Startups Unite for Second...
Frank Gruber 25 comments »
The second TECH cocktail rocked Chicago on October 12 at the Gramercy. TECH cocktail - highlighted previously on TechCrunch - is a quarterly event co-hosted by Eric Olson and Frank Gruber that focuses on better connecting the local technology community. The second event attracted more than 350 guests: a mix of bloggers, podcasters, venture...
MetroProper is about to crush MySpace— soon as...
P.T., Cruisin’:
By: Hadji Williams
It’s mid-August and Phil Tadros is sweating out another day in front of his computer screen. MetroProper.com isn’t ready; not in his mind, at least. “We pulled the whole thing down and started over!” That’s been his response to just about everyone when they tell him how cool MetroProper already is. He seems happier knowing that he’s found a...
ChicagoProper Launch Party Video
thanks motorola, ana and caroline stolnik, victorganic, dollop crew, friends and family for a great party:) close to 300 no booze no parking so thank you for the turn out everyone!
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Merging MySpace With Craigslist, MetroProper...
CHICAGO � Designed to merge the online social networking impact of MySpace with the online classified ads of Craigslist, MetroProper launched in Chicago on Saturday night at Motorola�s Destination Q retail store on Michigan Avenue.
Much like Craigslist uses city-specific sites like chicago.craigslist.org and sfbay.craigslist.org, MetroProper.com also acts as a mothership to scores of...
The May Report
Scoop [Actually 8/28]: Briefly noted, by Ron May Briefly noted, by Ron May * First, don’t forget the latest podcast done by Tim Keelan with Brad Spirrison and me: http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=15314 * Sunday afternoon, I went up to Dollop, a bohemian style coffee house with a very homey atmosphere. Dollop is owned by Phil Tadros and he’s been...
Metroproper Beta Launch And Party Saturday
David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA Mobile Search Marketing, Mobile Content, Customer Experience and Marketing/Sales Leadership Posted on July 14, 2006
I just got a sneak peak of Metroproper from founder Phil Tadros and Jason Pettus, a new Chicago-based web 2.0 interactive and social business network, voter based journalism and classifieds product that is launching...