Cisco symposium: How Big Data may help Chicago round up rats
While the Internet of Everything conjures images of machines talking to each other behind our backs, a panel at the 1871 tech incubator on Tuesday focused on its more public...
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Dough Inc. announces $25 million in Silicon Valley funding
UPDATED: Chicago-based Dough Inc. announced Friday that it has raised $25 million in funding from Silicon Valley-based Technology Crossover Ventures. Dough Inc. is the parent company of the Tastytrade online...
Chicago-based Real Food Blends announces $550,000 in fundraising
Real Food Blends, a Chicago-based specialized food startup, announced a $550,000 seed-funding round Tuesday. The company, which makes all-natural, real-food meals for people on feeding tubes, will use the money...
How a Chicago native is working to link chefs from around the world
A Chicago native's idea to create a LinkedIn-like professional online network for chefs and other food-industry workers seems to be picking up steam. Thomas Keslinke, a San Diego-based entrepreneur and...
1871 adds in-house recruiter, VP in charge of educational efforts
As competition heats up in the coworking space, 1871, the dean of Chicago's incubators, keeps upping the ante on services. Officials at the Merchandise Mart-based coworking space introduced in-house recruiter...
How the University of Chicago is breaking the ‘tech support’ mold
Some people still have a simple view of IT Services: They fix things. They hook things up. They switch things on and off. But it's not quite so at the...
How a group of Chicago product designers aims to boost manufacturing
Members of a Chicago product-designers group are putting their industrial thinking and drawing caps on, looking to help local companies boost manufacturing with innovative products that they can make right...
AKTA’s John Roa wins Tyree award, salutes Chicago startup community
ÄKTA CEO and founder John Roa lauded Chicago's startup ecosystem Tuesday upon receiving the James Tyree Emerging Business Leadership Award at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting. Roa said...
Evanston bakery uses Kickstarter to fund city’s first ‘parklet’
Most local parks are measured in acres and paid for with municipal bonds. But the next public space in Evanston will be crowdfunded, and the easiest way to describe its...
Jellyvision’s Lannert, CEO of the Year, leads the way at Moxie Awards
Amanda Lannert of Jellyvision took home CEO of the Year honors at the Third Annual Moxie Awards at the Park West on Thursday night. Online food-ordering platform GrubHub, on the...