How Innovators in Art, Tech and Science Are Tackling Chicago’s Gun Violence
There’s no silver bullet, and there’s no home run. [/pullquote] In a few weeks, 2016 will end as one of Chicago’s most violent years in recent history. Politicians are scrambling for a solution: In...
View ArticleInno Approved: The Chicago Tech Events to Check Out This Week
Here are the Chicago tech events worth attending this week. We'll see you there. Tuesday Northside Innovation Meetup: Chicago Powered by Dell | Microsoft: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM...
View ArticleChicago Inno's 15 Favorite Stories of 2015
In 2015, we posted 1,957 stories on Chicago Inno. From profiles on the latest, greatest Windy City startups to deep-dives into the city's emerging companies, industries, universities, trends, and...
View ArticleChicago's Year in Innovation, From A - Z
With $1.6 billion in funding and $7 billion in exits, Chicago tech had its biggest year ever in 2014. And though it'd be fair to expect a bit of a drop off in 2015, the city's innovation economy...
View ArticleIntroducing the 150 Nominees for Chicago Inno's 50 on Fire
When a city's innovation economy is on fire, it's the result of thousands of people and companies, across a variety of categories, heating up their respective industries and departments. Yes, a pillar...
View ArticleHow Boston Defeated its Version of the Cloud Tax
"The state never had to deal with the tech community before."[/pullquote] In the summer of 2013, Massachusetts quickly and quietly passed a 6.25 percent tax on software and computer services that was...
View ArticleDynasty: How Jaime Black Created Chicago's Longest-Running Music Podcast
Today's most popular podcasts, This American Life, RadioLab, Serial, and The Adam Carolla Show, are nine, seven, one, and six-years-old, respectively. And on June 19th, Apple celebrated its 10-year...
View ArticleA Decade In The Making, Polyera Unveils The First Flexible Screen Wearable
Polyera was founded in Skokie on August 29, 2005. Almost 10 years to the date later, they unveiled their first product, the Wove Band, a wearable smart band with a flexible display that can wrap...
View ArticleAs Female Founders In Chicago Grow, Northwestern Bolsters The Pipeline
When it comes to promoting women in business, Northwestern University recently proved it is doing something right. The school ranks 12th on CrunchBase for producing female founders, 9th when adjusted...
View ArticleBetting on SportsLock, the Chicago Startup Out to Redefine Fantasy Sports
Partners Meeting is our new bi-weekly series in which we analyze a Chicago startup through the lens of a VC, examining industry, product, opportunity, and team. "We're building the best place to take...
View ArticleThe Pope Would Approve: Innovation At Loyola University Chicago Stems From...
"We're trying to capture every drop of our waste," said Tuchman.[/pullquote] When Pope Francis released an encyclical (the Pope's version of an open letter to the world) on climate change last month,...
View ArticleA Risk With High Reward: A Day In The Life at Dev Bootcamp
"Coding can be a very rewarding thing; if you have the opportunity any way to get there, get there."[/pullquote]It's 8:30 am, and apparently I'm late to class. Students at Dev Bootcamp's River North...
View ArticleInvestors from Revolution & Silicon Valley Bank Share Why They're Bullish on...
Those in the Chicago tech community already know how the city is quickly becoming a hub for innovative, early-stage technology companies. The city is starting to get big exits, serial entrepreneurs,...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? The All-Star Tech Team From the '12 Obama Campaign
The tech team behind the Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign was given a monumental task. They didn't have the traditional startup issues like selling a product or acquiring users. The Obama For...
View ArticleUChicago's Game Changer Lab Is Developing a Video Game To Prevent Sexual Assault
A University of Chicago developed video game scene isn't too out of the ordinary for any high school student. It's a weekend night, someone's parents are out of town, and there's a party. A man and a...
View ArticleFrom Meditation Apps to 3D Retail, 7 Chicago Virtual Reality Companies We're...
This week, Oculus revealed the final version of the Rift, its consumer-focused virtual reality headset that's set to ship in early 2016. Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2o14,...
View ArticleWhy Quaker Oats Is Turning to 1871 to Spark Innovation In the 138-Year-Old Brand
When you think of Quaker Oats, you don't exactly think innovation. The Chicago-based company, founded in 1877, has been cranking away for decades making signature products like Quaker Oatmeal, Quaker...
View Article10 Chicago Startups We're Watching This Summer
It's been a busy 2015 so far with tons of Chicago startups launching products, raising money, and continuing to grow and disrupt industries. To get a sense for who's been making moves and who we're...
View ArticleWe're 1! The Chicago Inno Team Picks its Favorite Stories From Year One
Chicago Inno is one year old. Since our launch last June, we've published over 2,250 posts, from acquisitions to awards, launches to lists, VCs to videos, fundings to failures, and wins to more wins....
View ArticleNorthwestern's New Campus Accelerator Will Rev Up Student Ventures (In An...
When Northwestern was looking for a space to house its new accelerator program, the only space on campus available was an empty 11,000 square foot area in a new parking garage under construction. So...
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