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Marcus Lemonis hosts ‘Elevator Pitch’ ad series with Chicago entrepreneurs

May 21, 2019 at 2:04 a.m.

It's a scenario every entrepreneur imagines: You walk into an elevator and find yourself standing in front of your dream investor. You have 60 seconds. What do you say? The...

Shipping logistics startup FourKites logs $13 million in new funding

May 21, 2019 at 2:03 a.m.

FourKites, a Chicago-based shipping logistics startup, has raised a $13 million Series A funding round to tie the Internet of Things into trucking. FourKites builds software to help shippers, logistics...

When a Fitbit exec comes to town, you do a walking meeting

May 21, 2019 at 2:02 a.m.

Fitbit executive Amy McDonough visited Chicago from San Francisco this week for human resources conference HR Technology. She wanted to talk. We wanted to walk. We found our comfiest work...

3D-printed bones could be coming soon to a skeleton near you

May 21, 2019 at 2:02 a.m.

Someday soon, customized bone implants could be as easy as a doctor scanning your body and switching on a 3D printer. Ramille Shah, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, led...

UberEats ends its Instant Delivery service in Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

Uber has pulled the plug on its "instant" food delivery service in Chicago, an option that let consumers choose from a short list of meals for lunch and dinner for...

Home Chef raises $40 million for meal-kit delivery service

May 21, 2019 at 2:00 a.m.

Home Chef, a Chicago-based meal-kit delivery service, has whipped up $40 million in Series B funding. The company, founded by Pat Vihtelic in September 2013, provides ingredients and instructions for...

Groupon ordered to turn over data after complaint by black job seeker

May 21, 2019 at 1:59 a.m.

Groupon must turn over information to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about its hiring processes — including information on tens of thousands of job applicants — two years after...

Hundreds laid off at Chicago-based Motorola Mobility

May 21, 2019 at 1:59 a.m.

Chicago-based Motorola Mobility is shrinking again: Lenovo said Monday it was laying off hundreds of its 55,000 employees, with the majority of the cuts at Moto. Beijing-based Lenovo said in...

Is your company’s office killing your productivity?

July 2, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Your chatty coworker, a desk full of computer screens or the dulcet tones of Flo Rida could be killing your productivity at work. Companies are always looking at ways to...

New Chicago startup wants to be the Google Analytics for sales

May 21, 2019 at 1:57 a.m.

Two-time Chicago entrepreneur Shawn Carpenter ? is back with a new company. The founder of financial services company YCharts has teamed up with Jonathan Suchland, a former Amazon software development...

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