Shayna Atkins

Founder of ExpandHR. Ben Schack of BMO Harris and Shayna Atkins of ExpandHR join the podcast with Scott to talk about what founders truly need from a program and how this partnership evolved into the female-founder driven program it is today. Chicago is a growing fintech city with a solid foundation to launch new companies…

SMS Assist Founder Mike Rothman Invests Big In Technori

Technori takes equity investment to launch Technori Co-op, a non-traditional startup incubator, focused on disrupting how startups are launched and funded.   DV Partners, led by SMS Assist Founder and Chairman Mike Rothman, today announced a seven figure investment in Chicago’s largest and most active startup platform, Technori. The funds will be used to expand…

Improving workplace culture w/ Holistic

Former 1871 COO Tom Alexander has now founded an innovative way to measure and quantify team culture with his new venture Holistic. He joins Technori to talk about what it’s like to go from helping support entrepreneurs, to being one.   This podcast is powered by Bank of America, Salesforce and Jones Lang LaSalle  

Israel’s Start-Up Nation comes to Chicago

After speaking at an event at 1871, representatives from several Israeli organizations working in the entrepreneurial and innovative space joined Scott in studio to talk about start up culture, building a relationship with the startup communities in Chicago and greater America and what their organizations do. Guests are Gidi Grinstein, Co-Founder of TOM, Yotam Dagan,…