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Blue Sky expands guide to Chicago innovators

May 20, 2019 at 9:57 p.m.

The Blue Network ?, our guide to Chicago's most influential entrepreneurs and innovators, is growing. Thirty new names join Blue Sky Innovation's network of leaders on Wednesday, with career biographies...

Confusion is the driving force behind widespread anger stemming from last Wednesday's quiet enactment of the cloud tax in Chicago, said Harper Reed, technologist and CEO of mobile commerce startup Modest.

The Friday Exit: Duck and cover from the cloud tax

May 20, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

How big will a potential reprieve on the city's new cloud tax be, and how small a company will you have to be to get it? As Chicago's tech community...

Are your customer service needs being served through social media?

The Friday Exit: A Chicago brand leaves the same-day delivery race

May 20, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

WeDeliver, a startup with a popular CEO and both investment and moral support from Chicago's tech community, found its exit this week, selling to Silicon Valley-based Deliv. Jimmy Odom ?,...

The Friday Exit: Looking for a chance to spike the ball

May 20, 2019 at 9:49 p.m.

Hockey season ended with a bang courtesy of the Blackhawks — do we have time for Spikeball now? The Chicago company that makes the game is hoping so, reports Meg...

With the proliferation of smart phones and apps, one might think finding an appartment for rent would be a breeze. Not so, says Blue Sky reporter Meg Graham.

The Friday Exit: Vote the right way on how to say .gif

May 20, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

That embarassing moment when ... your staff pronounces gif wrong. Prince can make his name an unpronounceable symbol for years, and Bruce Jenner can become Caitlyn, because we accept that...

Should the 'Silicon' name stay in the Valley?

The Friday Exit: All the week’s news from the Silicon Prairie

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

What do you think of the nickname Silicon Prairie, a sometimes-nickname for Chicago's tech scene trotted out by the Wall Street Journal this week? Our staff doesn't like it; our...

The Friday Exit: an airy new innovation space on the horizon

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

The Illinois Institute of Technology plans to build a new innovation center, the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, and we got a glimpse at what it...

Shawn Riegsecker is CEO and founder at Centro.

The Friday Exit: Crowdfunding resolutions and tech in restaurants

June 16, 2018 at 5:40 p.m.

It's a sunny Friday before the first reasonably warm and sunny holiday weekend in forever. Let's see who actually reads my posts. Everpurse dropped the news it was waiting for,...

Stevenson freshman Rachel Aranyi, left, and sophomore Brett Sokol moderate a Buffalo Grove Village Debate at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

The Friday Exit: When you pay for something that doesn’t exist yet

May 20, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

What does a startup using crowdfunding owe its customers? And how much leeway do customers expect to give a company when ordering a product that isn't even manufactured yet? Amina...

(From left) Blitsy's Ryan Petersen, COO, Katy Petersen Weade, chief marketing officer and Ross Petersen, CEO, are pictured in their Chicago office. The company raised $3.6 million in series A funding.

The Friday Exit: Mark your calendar with our business-event guide

May 20, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

Is your calendar chock-full of inspirational business events to get you out from behind your screens and into the proximity of other humans? If not, with all due respect, it's...

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