Glassdoor recruits staff to open Chicago office
Online job marketplace Glassdoor will open a Chicago office in 2016 and plans to hire 250 employees locally over the next three years, the company said Wednesday. The San Francisco-based...
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College Possible connects CPS students with mentors for college prep
A Minneapolis-based nonprofit expanded to Chicago this fall, embarking on an effort to help hundreds of low-income Chicago Public Schools students earn college degrees. College Possible, which puts AmeriCorps volunteers...
Cynthia Rowley’s latest canvas: The most mundane office supplies
Staples-owned Quill.com and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley figured out a new way to sell plain old copy paper: Put it in pretty boxes. The paper, wrapped in patterned packaging inside...
Derrick Rose, son PJ inspire ZipTank shirts
Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose has shared the postgame spotlight with his meme-worthy toddler son PJ before. Now he's doing it again on shirts designed by PJ's mother and her...
Voice-command remote shopping comes to Chicago-based Peapod
New technology gives voice to remote shopping at Peapod. Hiku Labs, a California-based shopping-technology company, announced Wednesday a partnership with Peapod that will allow Chicago shoppers to order items —...
Justin Bieber, a messaging app and the search for graffiti in Chicago
Imagine a hunt that features Justin Bieber song titles, related graffiti art and a location-based messaging app. Such a hunt paid off last week for Chicago resident Michaela Quan —...
Health-tech companies grab Chicago Innovation Awards
Health care technology dominated the 2015 Chicago Innovation Awards at the Harris Theater on Tuesday night. Ten companies received awards in the main category, including pharmaceutical company Baxalta for HyQvia,...
Slack, Jira, Asana: The new language of worker productivity
In a world where you can set a ping or a push notification for almost anything, businesses choose from endless options for workers to connect and communicate online. Software platforms...
Basecamp’s Jason Fried aims to let ‘great ideas set the course’
Jason Fried? spends a lot of time thinking about how people connect at work. Not only does he lead 50 employees as co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, but the company...
How women and men manifest heroism, plus a jazzy ‘Bumblebee’
Women and men manifest heroism differently — women as group leaders and men as loners, a prominent psychologist said Thursday. "Women are heroes when it comes to organizing social networks...