CUE BACK TO 1991. George H.W. Bush was president, the Gulf War was wrapping up, future Hall-of-Famer Andre Dawson was in right field for the Cubs, and you could count the number of sites on the World Wide Web on your fingers. Two years after graduating from the University of Kansas, Todd was working in real…
Photo by Erika Dufour Photography “I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND I HAD THIS LUMP IN MY LIP. I’m sort of a hypochondriac so I was convinced I was dying. I searched the web and everything said, ‘Oh, you have oral cancer and you’re going to die.’ It kept getting bigger so I went to the…
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Article by guest author Alexandra Moree. In recent months, Chicago has been ground zero for the unholy marriage of a fumbling economy, unstable yet steadily increasing energy costs, and an uncertain mayoral transition. This combination of potentially paralyzing factors could leave a young enterprise without the financial and material support necessary to launch a new…
This is a guest author piece by Rachel Hyman. On November 29th, a day with gale-force winds, Technori held its fourth-ever Pitch event at the Chase Auditorium. With a sold-out crowd of over 500 and a diverse array of startups pitching, the event was an emphatic success featuring a great lineup of Chicago startups. I…
The Life of Tom Kuczmarski and the Creation of the Chicago Innovation Awards
Writen by guest author, Justin Cerone. It was the last Tuesday of October. More than 500 start-up enthusiasts had filled the Chase Auditorium to celebrate Chicago entrepreneurship in the latest edition of Technori Pitch. In moments, seven of Chicagoland’s most promising start-up ventures would take the stage to demo, and in some cases launch, their…
DANIEL GOES ROGUE ALL THE TIME. He’s always taken the path less traveled by default because his personal history has taught him that you can do whatever you want and still have traditional success. His guiding principle: “Mess things…