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Bunker in a Box to train veterans to be entrepreneurs

May 20, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

Todd Connor ?, CEO of veteran-focused startup incubator The Bunker, wants more former and active service members to consider entrepreneurship as a career. That's why he's developing a 14-week "playbook"...

Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls Internet ‘treasure island’ for businesses

May 20, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

Chinese billionaire businessman Jack Ma referred to the Internet as a "treasure island" and said he planned to use his business as an "e-WTO" for small-businesses around the world. Ma,...

What to expect as Techweek Chicago tightens up

May 20, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

Techweek Chicago begins in two weeks with a shorter conference schedule and newly clustered topic areas as critics look for any missteps by an organization that some see as focused...

Uber aims to recruit female drivers

May 20, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Uber wants to create 1 million jobs for female drivers by 2020, and it's starting in Chicago. Through a partnership with YWCA Metropolitan Chicago for a program called Drive to...

Packback co-founders Kasey Gandham, left, and Mike Shannon appear during a filming of "Shark Tank."

Packback announces $1.5 million in new funding, new ‘Answers’ product

May 20, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Packback, which offers short-term rentals for e-textbooks, announced Tuesday it had raised $1.5 million from new and returning investors. It also announced a new product called Packback Answers. Hyde Park...

Prescott, Apple vice president of Product Management and Marketing, speaks about its News app.

Apple cracks its own glass ceiling with 2 women onstage at WWDC

May 20, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Apple made history Monday by having two female executives present onstage at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, and Susan Prescott, another vice president, spoke...

Rivet Radio using $1.9 million in recent funding on expansion

May 20, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

Rivet Radio, the company that wants to make it efficient to produce and distribute audio news stories through connected devices, has raised $1.9 million since last summer and has been...

FourKites raises $1.25 million to track delivery trucks on the job

May 20, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

Some links in the supply chain are broken, or at least hidden. Chicago-based startup FourKites has raised $1.25 million in seed funding to help its customers — shippers, logistics providers...

The company is a partner for Google's upcoming Android Pay mobile payment solution, announced May 28 at the annual Google I/O conference.

Pinterest’s ‘buyable Pins’ get some help from Chicago’s Braintree

May 20, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

Chicago-based Braintree will play a role in the payments process for 'buyable Pins,' a new Pinterest feature announced Tuesday. Mobile Pinterest users will be able to make purchases straight from...

Maestro, run by a ‘nut about health,’ wins New Venture Challenge

May 20, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

Maestro, a company that aims to be the Keurig for food, took home the top prize and $70,000 Thursday in the 19th annual Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge at...

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