The complex dance of connecting corporations and startups
When Cheryl Harris sought to bring fresh ideas in analytics, data crunching and cyber security to top brass at Allstate Corp., she tapped a startup pipeline engineered to save Illinois...
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OfficePort Chicago
The founder of the Chicago WordPress Meetup Group is here. So is a filmmaker telling stories of the first black astronauts and a man haunted by a friend's death in...
Smart Grid bill inspires innovation at ComEd
For more than a century, ComEd — now part of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation — has been the main power provider for Northern Illinois. And it would have little incentive to...
Motorola Solutions and its venture capital fund
Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions is a data communications and telecommunications equipment provider, one half of the former Motorola, which split up in 2011 and also spawned Motorola Mobility. The customers Motorola...
Series intro: Big-company innovation
Of the Fortune 500, 32 companies are headquartered in Illinois. Many of them have opened pipelines to startups — seeking partnerships before being disrupted by them. That's not to say...
Coalition
The view of Lake Michigan strikes you as soon as the elevator doors open on the 12th floor of the Gage Building across from Millennium Park. The sense of purpose...
TechNexus
When Terry Howerton co-founded TechNexus in 2007, the Illinois Tech Association founder was placing a bet that old companies would need new ideas, and that new companies would need meaningful...
What will it mean when your doctor knows every move you make?
As Catamaran executive John Romza kicked off the wearable technology panel he moderated Wednesday morning, he highlighted the extent to which smart devices have comandeered his life. Romza, executive vice...
When to hold off on venture funding, as illustrated by VLinks Media
Thinking of enrolling themselves in the crowded marketplace for education software, Vishal Shah and Ryan Leavitt built VLinks Media, envisioned in 2010 as the best answer for education companies seeking...
Jon Anderson, 1936-2014
Jon Anderson, an unflappable Canadian with a shock of white hair, a patrician demeanor and a cheerful facility in French, quickly stood out in 1970s-era Chicago newsrooms marked by chain-smoking...