Last week I wrote about how much Chicagoans love our city. This week we had another great reason to do so. What, you ask? The CUBS, I answer! For the first time in their 100 year+ history, our dear Cubs won a playoff series right here at home, in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. Does this come as a surprise to us? Well not if you are a fan of the the 1989 film, “Back to the Future II“  which, actually, I am. The screenwriters Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale called it (we hope) and you can watch it unfold for yourself, right here!

Go Cubs!!! Now catch your breath, calm your beating heart and relax. It’s time for you to enjoy another fabulous set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our  crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account)! We do love sharing articles about fonts, logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Enjoy!

How To Ditch Your “Problem Customers” crowdspring.co/1OhQkMd

A 4-Step Checklist That Will Increase Your Chances of Starting a Successful Businesses crowdspring.co/1Le12kk

The 1 Huge Thing Missing From the GOP Tax Plans So Far crowdspring.co/1Vz7Uje

Why Airbnb Just Bought A Quirky Russian Industrial Design Firm crowdspring.co/1M6WVYg

The Easiest Way to Know if Your Has Project Failed crowdspring.co/1LdWx9C

Beliefs Ultra-Productive Entrepreneurs Share About Time Management And Business

At this factory, the workforce is paid in pennies crowdspring.co/1OSZ3Vj

Pleased to Beat You: The Stories Behind 5 Epic Brand Rivalries crowdspring.co/1hlp5BY

Leadership: 7 Ways to Get From Good to Great crowdspring.co/1L1VWV4

Surprising Insights Of Successful Employee Engagement crowdspring.co/1OhQpiY

Kickstarter – In Photos: Top Crowdfunding Sites For Entrepreneurs crowdspring.co/1Le1101

How This Finance Executive Got Promoted While On Maternity Leave crowdspring.co/1LbCog0

5 Reasons Why You’re Probably Procrastinating Right Now crowdspring.co/1LbClRg

Best Leadership Books of All Time crowdspring.co/1hloGPZ

Key To Success: Beauty Box Company Birchbox Says It’s Not Just About The Box – Forbes crowdspring.co/1Le1I9p

Cognitive biases that can effect your decision making « crowdSPRING Blog crowdspring.co/1RyuWAR

Tips for the Aspiring Angel Investor crowdspring.co/1LbCMLr

Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind crowdspring.co/1LbCMuU

What Parenthood Taught Me About Being A Better Manager crowdspring.co/1OT093m

Finding the Balance Between Pragmatism and Your Ideals crowdspring.co/1OSSAcN

“Punk Princess” Zandra Rhodes Embraces Fair-Trade Fashion crowdspring.co/1Q0OpsY

Visualized: Global Trade As A Frenzy Of Color-Coded Pixels crowdspring.co/1VAYmPr

Building a Trustworthy Brand in the Digital Business Environment crowdspring.co/1LbpNcy

How Joe Berkowitz (Journalist and Fast Company Editor) Writes: Part One crowdspring.co/1RqPCLe

Practical Content Conversion Tactics That Actually Work Today (and Where You Can Find Even More) crowdspring.co/1OhKwCq

Powerful Ways to Quickly Grow Your Email List [Infographic] crowdspring.co/1VBeRel

10 Ways Specificity Helps You Build a Profitable Audience – Copyblogger crowdspring.co/1VyZfNx

Top 3 Apps for Content Curation crowdspring.co/1Le1oHZ

“Fresh from the SPRING” features a wonderful designer, badaboom! @crowdSPRING Blog crowdspring.co/1jomXv0

Experiment: Using Flexbox Today – Chris Wright crowdspring.co/1LbjPIR

Web Design Learning Resources You Should Know crowdspring.co/1hliJCH

Caution: Stop Messing Your Front-End Optimization crowdspring.co/1VAYmyP

Back to the :roots crowdspring.co/1Q0OuwG

Privacy is UX crowdspring.co/1OflEK3

Quotes • 1stWebDesigner crowdspring.co/1M6Ywxf

Is It Worth Paying For a Premium WordPress Theme or Not? crowdspring.co/1VB44AO

U.S. Web Design Standards crowdspring.co/1LdSx99

25 Sets Of Clean Minimal Icons For Perfect Minimal Web Design crowdspring.co/1Vz5nFz

Yahoo Mail’s Mobile App Gets A Whole Lot Slicker And Speedier http://crowdspring.co/1VWF6kN

8 Fascinating UI Kits for Mobile App Designers http://crowdspring.co/1LdMO1L

Nudes Are Old News at Playboy nytimes.com/2015/10/13/bus…

Our poor sleeping habits are filling our brains with neurotoxins crowdspring.co/1RqRu6v

China’s Ambitious Rail Projects Crash Into Harsh Realities in Latin America crowdspring.co/1M72y8O

Google’s New Chromecast Is The Anti-Apple TV crowdspring.co/1hlmGHo

3 Radical Ideas To Totally Disrupt Air Travel crowdspring.co/1M6RDvG