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Would you check your health status as often as you check Facebook?

May 20, 2019 at 8:35 p.m.

When Star Cunningham was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 16, she wondered why doctors insisted on treating her illness — which affects the digestive system — with oral medication...

1871 adding startup nourishment: Good Food Business Accelerator

May 20, 2019 at 8:34 p.m.

Look for a disruption in the daily diet of entrepreneurs at the 1871 tech incubator (Leftover bagels? Cold pizza?) with the announcement Monday that the newly formed Good Food Business...

Keywell wins CityLights Award, praises ‘thriving’ tech community

May 20, 2019 at 8:34 p.m.

The city lights shined Thursday night on Lightbank managing partner Brad Keywell, who won the 2014 Illinois Technology Association CityLights Award and later saluted what he called Chicago's "thriving" tech...

85% of the same Chicago entrepreneur respondents predict an increase in revenue over the next six months with global predictions set slightly lower at 80%.

Entrepreneur Organization: Chicago businesses share a hiring outlook

May 20, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

Chicago-area entrepreneurs are optimistic about the economic outlook in the coming months, according to a global survey that included 131 Chicago companies. The Entrepreneur Organization's semi-annual Global Entrepreneur Indicator reports...

Chicago investor and philanthropist J.B. Pritzker, right, chats with Governor Pat Quinn prior to a press conference held at 1871 located inside of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago.

Illinois Science and Technology Coalition honored by national group

May 20, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition received an award from a national organization Monday for its Illinois Corporate-Startup Challenge, a state-backed program that links technology startups with area companies. The...

Chicago becoming a ‘happening’ place for ecommerce infrastructure

May 20, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

Is the "hog butcher to the world" becoming the payment processor to the World Wide Web? During a recent walk-around of the River North offices of Cleverbridge, co-founder and VP...

1871 announces education-tech incubator in partnership with DeVry

May 20, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

The 1871 co-working center announced Tuesday the creation an education-technology incubator through a partnership with Downers Grove-based DeVry Education Group. The EdTech incubator, for education-related startups, will be included in...

A company that aims to ’empower people to be as smart as a hotel’

May 20, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

A San Francisco startup is adding Chicago to the cities in which it offers dynamic-pricing software services to proprietors on global rental site Airbnb. Beyond Pricing co-founder and CEO Andrew...

Techstars offers ‘equity-back guarantee’ to startups in its program

February 20, 2020 at 11:32 p.m.

Techstars Chicago and other accelerators in the Techstars network are offering an "equity-back guarantee" to prospective member startups. Techstars, which says it receives 6 percent equity in companies it accepts...

How Chicago-based RIPT Apparel makes an art of supply and demand

May 20, 2019 at 8:29 p.m.

Three childhood friends thought they'd come up with an e-commerce cash cow — a T-shirt company that didn't require them to design, make, sell or even deliver T-shirts. All they...

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