I’ve been thinking about content creation for as long as I can remember. I spent most of my childhood walking around manufacturing plants with my dad. Even then, I couldn’t believe they weren’t capitalizing on the coolness factor of the machines. Everyone has this misconception of manufacturing as a murky, dirty, undesirable environment.…
How does a big corporation with a 160-year-old brand invest in the future? Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual spends a lot of time and resources building its entire brand around people. At the same time, we’re in a world where tech is central to just about everything. How do they innovate while still putting people…
Our listeners can get $10 off at Trust & Will by entering TECHNORI at checkout. Before his wedding, Trust & Will co-founder Cody Barbo sat down for an “adulting conversation” with his then-fiancee. Setting up joint checking and life insurance was fairly straightforward. But he quickly noticed there was something missing. “Being…
First rule of apartment hunting: ask around. Like a great job, an awesome apartment is often a word-of-mouth find. And for property managers, one of the best ways to attract new tenants is to encourage current ones to reach out to their network. Offering them bonuses is often cheaper than hiring an agent or…
APPLY BY APRIL 14TH!! In the decade since the Founder Institute was established, it’s grown into the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator with over 3,500 companies launched across the globe, with program graduates having raised over $800 million. Co-Directors Jason Randolph and Jason Jacobsohn have played no small part, having built the Chicago branch…
My wife says I eat like a toddler. But as I gear up for fatherhood, I want to step up my culinary game. It seems as if there’s no shortage of kitchen tools on the market, from the ever-popular Instant Pot to blenders that can juice, chop and pulverize your iPhone as well as…
Cybersecurity is one of the greatest issues of our generation. With so much of our lives online, we are only as safe as our data: our Instagram accounts, Lyft profiles, and Google searches. And at the end of the day, our passwords are the only barrier between us and the cyber criminals who…
The fanfare for 3D printers has ebbed and flowed over the years, but never quite breaking into the mainstream. A lot of this has to do with no true, flexible 3D printer product. Ethan Baehrend, an 18-year-old entrepreneur and CEO of Creative 3D Technologies, points to a stagnant 3D printing market that doesn’t have…
Nick Hamburger is a good egg. At just 21, he’s whip smart ready to scale his healthy-snack startup into the next big food brand. Quevos is a snack chip made from egg whites. “It’s a combination of the words quick and huevo,” Nick says. “Spanglish for ‘quick huevos.’ Eggs on the go. They’re…
A lot of wellness apps out there seem to be missing one very important ingredient: doctors. When you’re dealing with something as critical as health, it’s not enough to create an app that offers a temporary fix, or leaves users browsing aimlessly for medical answers. There needs to be a clinical professional to…