5 keys to startup-leadership success from Desiree Vargas Wrigley
Startup CEOs love to talk about failures — usually great ideas that turn out to be flops. Less common are leaders who open up about their shortcomings, both the ones...
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WeDeliver unveils new ‘Locally’ platform at Techstars Demo Day
WeDeliver, a crowd-sourced, hyper-local same-day delivery platform that caters to small businesses, aims to drive growth with a new e-commerce platform for its customers, most of them too small to...
At least two Techstars companies take in some cash before Demo Day
The model of Techstars Demo Day as the first chance for needy startups to reach into the wallets of eager investors got disrupted this year, with at least two of...
Cubs owner Ricketts on strategy: ‘Every shortcut will be a dead end’
Perhaps he was looking to warm his hands around the fire of optimism that seems to burn at Chicago's annual Techstars Demo Day. Or maybe Cubs owner Tom Ricketts thought...
Kickstarter darling Gramovox announces $650,000 in funding
Gramovox, a Chicago-based consumer-electronics startup that makes a Bluetooth-enabled speaker resembling a 1920s-era gramophone, on Tuesday announced $650,000 in Series A funding from Chicago-based Hard Eight Ventures. CEO and co-founder...
Chicago gets some shine on Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing companies
Chicago holds 95 spots on the Inc. 5000 released Wednesday, second only to New York this year on the volatile list of America's fastest-growing private companies. Protein Bar, AKTA and...
How a Waukegan snack company with iconic ties still markets by mouth
In an age of bits and bytes, a Waukegan company is working with corn, heat, oil and occasionally sugar — on technology unveiled in Chicago at the World's Columbian Exposition...
Tech Cocktail co-founder says startups are ‘not all rainbows’
Tech Cocktail co-founder Frank Gruber's addition to the roster of business startup guides not surprisingly puts "celebrating" squarely on the cover, along with an olive on a cocktail napkin. But...
Why education is becoming especially ripe for technology developers
The confluence of Common Core Standards for students and the increasing use of smart tablets in schools makes education technology a fertile field for startups, Leap Innovations CEO Phyllis Lockett...
He won the scholarship game; his business helps others do the same
Derrius Quarles, a native of Chicago's South Side who said a ninth-grade teacher nudged him onto the path for success, was looking three years ago to give a little something...