Grind
In the fall of 2011, former real estate attorney Benjamin Dyett and other investors started their first coworking space, Grind, on Park Avenue in New York. They opened their second...
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Enerspace Chicago
Who's at Enerspace? There is the founder of a women's legal organization and the cofounding fathers of an obscure beach sport catching fire with Christian youth groups. There is a...
NextSpace River North
From time to time, the purists in Chicago still slip and call it The Coop: the coworking space founded in 2008 by Sam Rosen and Pat Griffin in a former...
3D printing draws interest, opportunity, sage advice
All manner of technical wonders were on display during a recent lunch hour at The 3D Printer Experience — sculptures, a swatch of chain mail printed in one piece, a...
5 ways to avoid the biggest legal pitfalls of running a startup
Attorney Tricia Meyer, a startup veteran and professional confidante for more than 100 clients, is part of a growing line of legal practice: advising startups on the handful of issues...
After the prize: What winning contests meant (and didn’t) for one startup
In June 2013, teammates at food pricing startup Cardoona pitched their business to a basement audience in the Chopin Theater and won Best in Show at VentureSHOT’s Funding Feeding Frenzy....
20 of Chicago’s greatest ideas, for now
Chicago's towering skyline reminds us that the skyscraper was born here. The reversed flow of the Chicago River upended North American hydrology and revolutionized urban sanitation. It's impossible to walk...
The nuclear reaction (1942)
The world entered the nuclear age on a clear, chilly Saturday afternoon in Chicago. It was the third year of the Second World War: German troops had dug in at...
Series intro: 25 top Chicago innovations that changed the world
Chicago-based innovations have been changing the world since 1833. That's when the newly incorporated city spawned a faster way to build homes and buildings. Since that time, Chicago has been...