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A few days ago, Tim Jahn<\/a> of Beyond the Pedway<\/a> spent the morning talking with us about crowdSPRING, crowdsourcing, chia Lincoln (see the video!), and our community. Tim did a very nice job editing – here’s a concise version of our conversation:<\/p>\n

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Beyond The Pedway is a weekly video podcast dedicated to discovering creative companies in Chicago.\u00a0Beyond The Pedway seeks to learn about the people behind Chicago\u2019s creative companies, what they do, and why they do it in Chicago. A song from a local Chicago band is featured during the intro and credits of each episode. There are other interviews with Chicago startups on Beyond The Pedway<\/a> (including 37signals, Threadless, Groupon, and many others) and I’d encourage you to take some time to watch them.<\/p>\n

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