Onward Coworking
From the rooftop deck atop this seven-story former warehouse in the West Loop, you can see Chicago's "tech triangle": the former Montgomery Ward office tower next to the Groupon building,...
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How MarkITx helps a co-founder avoid repeating a critical mistake
Before Frank Muscarello started MarkITx at the 1871 tech incubator two years ago, listing what the company said was $51 million in materials in the first months of 2014, he...
Lightbank announces investment in Iowa-based student platform
Chicago-based venture fund Lightbank, whose investments have included Betterfly, Belly, Clever Sense and Hireology, has invested for the first time in an Iowa-based company. Lightbank on Tuesday announced a $1...
Got big data? TempoIQ aims to point you to the insights in it
From his seat near the intersection of big data and the Internet of Things, TempoIQ CEO Andrew Cronk sees a landscape beyond ubiquitous sensors and data collection. He and his...
4 tips from an expanding Belly on scaling up
When Logan Lahive founded Belly in 2011, an idea sustained him: Build a mobile app that enhances loyalty to small businesses without asking customers to carry wallets full of punch...
The best and worst states for summer road trips
Update: "Roadside MBA" hit shelves June 10, and since then has been reviewed by small business writers, online digital business publications, and attracted a small following on Twitter. And, of...
Technori FinTech: Financial startups and ‘minimum valuable product’
Financial technology startups should embrace disruption but plan for a long journey, Startup Institute managing director Jason Henrichs told a crowd of 300 at a monthly Technori Pitch event Tuesday...
W.W. Grainger and its innovation road map
Lake Forest-based Grainger sells the stuff that makes stuff: The company provides tools and adhesives, hardware, lighting, motors, pneumatics and plumbing and sells it to manufacturers, facilities and installations. It's...
Ernst & Young announces Midwest entrepreneurship award winners
Illinois winners announced at a Midwest entrepreneurship awards ceremony Wednesday night included trading educators, an industrial property-management CEO, the founder of a winery and restaurant chain and the makers of...
‘Generalissimo Hackmaster’ and the site that ‘Silicon Valley’ inspired
When a group of self-described San Francisco- and New York-based tech industry workers saw the first episodes of HBO's "Silicon Valley," a comedic tale of tech narcissism, they saw a...