Kate Macarthur

David E. Goldberg helped change how we share content in 2004 when he co-founded the social sharing startup ShareThis at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Today, as a resident...

Steve Jobs is the subject of a slew of TV shows and films. Yet there are few if any about computer programming pioneer Grace Hopper. That inspired Melissa Pierce to...

Steve Jones is an 18-year veteran of Coca-Cola. Now he's taking that experience to reinvent milk as CEO of Fairlife in Chicago's West Loop. It's a joint venture struck in...

Chris Dalton, Paul Weinewuth and Matt Schmeltz founded the ecommerce and digital marketing services firm Acquity Group in 2001, took it public in 2012, then sold it to Accenture a...

Imagine getting a 40-percent or better bonus to your annual income. It could make a big difference. Tricia Martinez is trying to apply that idea to distributing one-time cash transfers...

Oak Park native Isaac Rothenbaum is chief technology officer and co-founder of New York-based Poacht, a mobile app for job seekers to covertly find new opportunities. Rothenbaum, named to Forbes...

Technologies created at universities face a funding gap after government research grants run out and before investors step in, if they step in. Nancy Sullivan is working to bridge that...

If you're still putting people together in a room to gather ideas for a brainstorm or to make big decisions, you're doing it wrong. So says Loran Nordgren, associate professor...

As Gary Chiappetta knows, consumer brands are increasingly using software companies' product-development model. Called "agile," this model can cut development time and reduce product failures — but it can be...