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Textura’s CEO on the power of focus for a growing company
The process of taking a company public necessarily impacts some of its operations. But the one thing it shouldn't affect is employees' focus, said Patrick Allin, co-founder and CEO of...
CES: Intel 3D camera to use new software from Chicago-based Personify
Chicago-based Personify is on a mission to reinvent video conferencing using 3D technology, and it's getting a boost from a major global technology company. Intel will include Personify's new software...
ParkWhiz, StubHub team up to ease parking pains at events, concerts
You might soon say goodbye to the days of circling the block looking for a free spot or open lot near a concert or sporting event. Chicago-based parking site ParkWhiz...
GrubMarket aims to bring farmers markets straight to your door
There's not much growing around Chicago these days. That means farmers markets are on hold and even the most persistent locavores are forced to shop at conventional grocery stores. A...
The diversity conversation will move on to recruitment sources
SANDEE KASTRUL, CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, I.C.STARS Kastrul said 2014 was the year tech companies addressed their lack of diversity on a global scale. Google led the way with a diversity...
Non-profits will cash in on our urge to spend
DORRI MCWHORTER, CEO, YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO McWhorter says she sees no reason non-profits should be excluded from "the data game." In 2015, she wants to use data to drive conscious...
Delivery on demand will change the way you buy food
JUSTIN MASSA, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, FOOD GENIUS Massa is excited to see how the proliferation of quick-delivery options will impact the food business. "This problem of local logistics I think...
Social-impact initiatives will go mainstream in business
JESSICA DROSTE YAGAN, CEO, IMPACT ENGINE Yagan said "people will be embracing the fact that every dollar is an impact dollar. Positive or negative, it does have impact at the...
Buzzwords collide in ‘a new type of industrial revolution’
CARALYNN NOWINSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UI LABS Today's most pressing manufacturing problems are too big for any one entity to handle, Nowinski says. She said buzzwords such as big data, supercomputing,...