How this University of Illinois Ph.D. student won $137,088 on Jeopardy
After seven shirts, six wins, two days of filming and at least one utterance of "Oh my god, I'm an idiot," a 24-year-old Illinois Ph.D. student walked away with $137,088...
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Raise cuts 15 percent of staff in layoffs at gift-card marketplace
Chicago startup Raise, whose marketplace lets users buy and sell unwanted gift cards online, is laying off about 45 staffers, the company said Wednesday. The company said the layoffs will...
Can Chicago entrepreneurs unplug on vacation?
When you're starting your own company, going off the grid can have bigger consequences than the possibility of missing a few Instagrams. Entrepreneurs say they think hard about if —...
Opternative joins forces with 1-800 Contacts
Opternative, the Chicago-based startup offering online eye exams for prescriptions, has formed a partnership with 1-800 Contacts, an earlier industry disruptor. Opternative launched $40 online refractive eye tests last year...
How financial giants like Morningstar help fin-tech startups grow
Fledgling financial tech startups face daunting hurdles when trying to make it into the big leagues: Tough regulations and steep costs can be enough to run a startup into the...
Bizly wants to take the hassle out of booking a hotel meeting room
A new startup wants to make booking meetings at trendy Chicago hotels as easy as an Uber request. New York-based Bizly launched its platform for booking hotel meeting rooms Thursday...
LinkedIn acquires Chicago-based PointDrive
PointDrive, a Chicago-based presentation-sharing software startup, has been acquired by LinkedIn, the companies announced Tuesday. The company's 15 employees will relocate to LinkedIn's Chicago or San Francisco offices. PointDrive, which...
His last company sold for more than $1B. Now Chris Gladwin is hiring again.
After selling his big-data storage company Cleversafe to IBM for more than $1 billion last year, Chris Gladwin ? is leading a new startup — and it's on the hunt...
ETrade to acquire OptionsHouse parent company for $725 million
Financial services company ETrade will acquire the parent company of Chicago-based online brokerage OptionsHouse for $725 million in cash, the company announced Monday. ETrade will acquire Aperture New Holdings, OptionsHouse's...
GoHealth acquires Connected Benefits to offer group insurance
GoHealth, a Chicago-based online health insurance marketplace, announced Thursday it has acquired a small insurance agency and will expand into offering group insurance. Previously, the company had only offered individual...