Phil Tadros

Phil Tadros (Born Philip Issa Tadros, June 24, 1979) is a Chicago entrepreneur and founder of Metroproper. He has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Demo Magazine
Tadros has created several businesses. He is founder and owner of Doejo - which incubates start-ups and small businesses with web design, business consulting and social media. He is the creator of TextHog, a Web-based business expense tracking application reviewed by Mashable as "a smart finance-tracking system."
Additional businesses Tadros has owned include Noble Tree Coffee & Tea, Chase Cafe and Haystack, a vintage shopping store.
Background
The son of Arab Christian immigrants from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Tadros says that his father "was a big example. He moved here from Jordan and worked his way up washing dishes at restaurants to buying grocery stores and properties in Chicago. He was more money-driven than I am, but I got the hustle and the guts from him."
Tadros says he was "a horrible student in grade school and high school". But he says that he improved as a student after enrolling in Columbia College in 1997. Tadros owned several cafés and wireless stores before opening Dollop coffee café in 2004 with partner Shaye Robeson.
Digital Media
Doejo
Doejo is a Chicago-based web startup which is open to the public as a cafe and agency at 2934 North Broadway.
Through Doejo Interactive Media, Tadros is involved with web consulting, design, development and marketing. Doejo offers strategic design and search engine optimization services.
Under Doejo, Tadros has opened a host of coffee shops which he considers "productive community offices", including Dollop, Noble Tree and Kickstand.
One of Doejo's web applications TextHog, was featured in June 2010 on CNBC The firm also created an event planning solution called Galaist and a mobile animated gif creator called motionoto.
Recent clients include Groupon, Roosevelt University, moe. and the Chicago Reader.
TextHog
Tadros and Marshall recently created TextHog, a Web-based budget management tool. The application allows users to record their expenses by texting them to their Texthog account. CNBC Business and Tech News Boston conducted an interview with creators Tadros and Darren Marshall and later produced a documentary on the development and design of TextHog for Apple. The documentary chronicles Marshall and Tadros as they develop, design and program the application, cluminating in its submission to Apple for approval.
In 2009, TextHog was a finalist in the Chicago Innovation Awards for Web innovation. The Chicago Innovation Awards gives yearly awards for business innovation in the Chicago region by recognizing and honoring the city’s entrepreneurs and businesses.
MetroProper
MetroProper was conceived as a city-based social networking site. The site includes citizen media component as well as classifieds and individual pages for businesses. Tadros' model for the site was Craigslist. Similar to the way Craigslist is a collection of smaller state and city Craigslist sites, MetroProper serves as an umbrella site for the 400 local sub-sites in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Crain Communications called Tadros a "serial entrepreneur".
Galaist
Galaist is an interactive website intended for growth of businesses. This company allows business owners to list their business, and information, along with adding a customized URL within the Galaist database. Showing companies inAny City
Any City Chicago New York Los Angeles Philadelphia San Antonio Charlotte Phoenix San Francisco Washington Las Vegas; All locations
listed under Any Category
Any category Venues Photographers Entertainment Florists Stylists Caterers Videographers Transportation Invitations Event Planners Marketing & PR Production & Mgmt Sponsors Rentals Sound & Lighting Specialty Insurance Events Hotels Bridal Boutiques Sweets & Treats
forAny Budget
Any Budget $3,000 and under $3,000 - $10,000 $10,000 - $25,000 $25,000 - $50,000 $50,000 and over.
Coffee Shops

Don's Coffee Club
A charming vintage, amber lit cafe that had a record collection of 3,000 plus.
Chase Cafe
A 5,000 square foot multimedia performing arts cafe set in a 1922 hotel lobby & ballroom
Dollop Coffee
Dollop Coffee was an abandoned pharmacy that was gutted and restored to
its original 100 year old floors and brick.
Noble Tree
Noble Tree is a three story Brownstone from 1890 with three fire places
and a large out door private patio over looking Clark Street.
Kickstand
Kickstand was a gut rehab to its original vintage state. The
counters were built out of vintage soda crates.
Columbia College, Cafe University
Columbia college cafes are spread out over three campus buildings.
The Ludington Building
Located at 1104 Wabash Campus, 1104 S. Wabash Avenue, was built in 1891. It is a City
of Chicago Landmark (1996) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1980).
The 623 South Wabash Building
The 623 Wabash Avenue Building was originally built for the Studebaker Brothers Carriage Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana as its Chicago regional office and warehouse facility.
The Alexandroff Campus Center
The 600 Michigan Avenue building; The 15-story brick-clad building with classical stone detailing has an Art Deco lobby that retains much of its original marble. In 1937 the building was purchased by the Fairbanks-Morse Company, makers of railroad engines, farm equipment and hydraulic systems. It was acquired by Columbia College in 1974.
After leaving Columbia College, Phil saw a unique opportunity to test his business skills in a low risk environment when he stumbled upon a small, run down coffee house on Jarvis Ave in Rogers Park. Phil’s first business was taking over Don’s Coffee Club for $20,000 in 2000 and that would be the first of a large portfolio of coffee shops around the city.
That portfolio now includes Kickstand, Dollop, Noble Tree, and three new cafes at Columbia College.

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