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Before he helped incubate new startups at Excelerate, Troy Henikoff was the founder of SurePayroll, a company that disrupted the payroll business by bringing it online.
This is the story of how that company struggled to make it, and why it eventually went on to become the largest Internet-only payroll provider.
As you’ll hear, he’s using many of the lessons Troy picked up while working on folding tables and figuring out how to get his business to take off to help entrepreneurs in Chicago.
Troy Henikoff is an adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University and the Co-Founder of Excelerate, a Chicago-based startup accelerator and incubator that is driven by proven entrepreneurs and investors. He is also an adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University.
Three messages before we get started.
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Shopify – Remember the interview I did about how the founder of DODOCase sold about $1 mil worth of iPad cases in a few months? He used Shopify. It’s dead simple and very effective.
Walker Corporate Law – Scott Edward Walker is the lawyer entrepreneurs turn to when they want to raise money or sell their companies, but if you’re just getting started, his firm will help you launch properly. Watch this video to learn about him.