Impact Engine, a Chicago accelerator for for-profit businesses that address social and environmental challenges, on Thursday announced its “Impact 3” cohort, which will feature six Chicago-based companies and one from San Francisco.More
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Chicago-based Ifbyphone, a voice-based marketing automation company, announced Thursday that it has acquired Ohio-based call-tracking company Mongoose Metrics for an undisclosed amount. It also announced that it had raised a fifth round of funding, this one for $30 million, for a total of...
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Chicago-based Unbranded Designs on Thursday is launching a partnership in which legendary furniture company Herman Miller Inc. will consider unique office concepts from independent designers.
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QUESTION: What's the most surprising thing one of your direct reports has taught you about leadership?
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This CEO had to fix a broken friendship before she could rescue her imperiled startup.
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The words entrepreneur and startup have had a great run of late. A study of Census Bureau data analyzed by scholars at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation demonstrated that virtually all net new job creation over the past three decades has come from true startups — new businesses less...
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Chef Rick Bayless shares with Blue Sky Innovation how he has stayed true to his vision as he has built a restaurant, food and media empire. Bayless joins the Chicago Tribune’s Colin McMahon at the National Museum of Mexican Art for a discussion and audience Q&A about his recipe for...
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The development of 3D printing and other manufacturing tools are making it easier than ever for companies to produce consumer goods. Blue Sky reporter John Carpenter and Chicago’s leading manufacturing visionaries, Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan and 3D Printer Experience founder and CEO...
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This popular Blue Sky Innovation Digital Skills Class with ChicagoNow community manager Jimmy Greenfield and Blue Sky Innovation presentation editor Nick Tann will teach eager aspiring bloggers the ins and outs of WordPress. This intense, focused and hands-on workshop will have participants...
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