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9 ways to get the best employees, get coverage and get funded

May 20, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

Entrepreneurs rank hiring the best people, earning press coverage and winning funding highest among their many concerns, according to a Chicago Innovation Awards survey. The group hosted a series of...

Newell Rubbermaid to acquire Chicago water bottle maker Ignite for $308 million

May 20, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Chicago-based Ignite USA LLC, a maker of travel mugs and water bottles, will be acquired by Newell Rubbermaid for $308 million. Ignite, founded in 1999, sells its products under two...

Innovation and the importance of ‘fail fast and fail cheap’

May 20, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Innovation has been a major factor in the growth of productivity in the U.S. over the past 50 years, and for businesses and countries the world over it continues to...

Why Chicago-based PointDrive and @properties are teaming up

May 20, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

Communication is the key to any successful sales pitch, and Chicago-based PointDrive thinks its tool does it better than email. Chicago-based @properties also likes what it sees: PointDrive on Wednesday...

Techweek ombudswoman cites need for CEO, active approach to inclusion

May 20, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

UPDATE: Techweek needs a strong leadership team, including a CEO, and should take more of an active approach to inclusion, according to a report from the organization's new ombudswoman, Kelly...

How a first-time entrepreneur is creating support for solo founders

May 20, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Conventional wisdom suggests that founding groups ought to be more successful than entrepreneurs who go it alone. After all, what could be better than building a team with diverse skills,...

Swift, Apple's new programming language, is currently available in beta to members of the Apple Developer Network.

Chicago developers hustle to learn new Apple language

May 20, 2019 at 8:08 p.m.

Swift is the name of Apple's new programming language, but it also describes the reaction developers had when it was unexpectedly unveiled at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Woe...

STEM-focused SEEK program launches in Englewood neighborhood

May 20, 2019 at 8:07 p.m.

Gliders? Gravity cruisers? Steel-can rovers? A large group of Chicago students is making these contraptions and more during a three-week program aimed at growing their enthusiasm for STEM. Summer Engineering...

Minority-led startups from Chicago head to New Orleans pitch event

May 20, 2019 at 8:06 p.m.

Four Chicago companies are headed to New Orleans on Thursday to take part in the first PowerMoves.NOLA, a three-day event aimed at highlighting minority entrepreneurs. The PowerMoves.NOLA program is run...

How one developer school is ‘engineering empathy’ for the workplace

May 20, 2019 at 8:05 p.m.

Gone are the days of the lone coding genius, says Chicago-based Web developer Jen Myers. Instead of isolating their technical talent, she said, companies and the industry need to integrate...

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