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FuSure and Project Gardener Advance to GNVC Finals

On February 11, five MBA teams competed at the semi-finals of the 2017 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) in Hong Kong, China. Waverly Deutsch, clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Chicago…

Study: Data Science Curricula Surges

Big data and data science continues its growth in popularity in the nation’s business schools, according to a survey of more than 200 B-schools released today (February 15). In the…

UChicago Spinoff Uses Social Media to Help Trucking Companies Hire Drivers

A University of Chicago start-up has unveiled its new, high-tech hiring system for the trucking industry. Enlistics has won awards for its services matching people to jobs through social media.…

Benchprep CEO Ashish Rangnekar on His Biggest Challenges, Team Building and the Future

The learning landscape has been vastly improved through the application of technology. BenchPrep’s software is used by education and training companies to help students, employees and clients learn faster and…

In This Startup’s Case, It Actually is Brain Surgery

Jennifer Fried is an accidental entrepreneur. After three years at Bain Consulting and some time in venture capital, she thought her next step would be becoming an investor in health…

Shark Tank Veteran LuminAID Launches Kickstarter Campaign for New Product

LuminAID, the Chicago company that found success on "Shark Tank" two years ago, is turning to Kickstarter to fund the launch of its latest product. Co-founders Anna Stork ⇒ and…

Voter Education Platform BallotReady Will Expand to All 50 States by 2018

BallotReady, the voter education platform cofounded by Aviva Rosman and Alex Niemczewski out of University of Chicago, is ready to be the go-to voting guide across 50 states by 2018.…

University/Lab Startup Enables Small Businesses Access to Big Computers

A new University of Chicago startup is delivering supercomputing-as-a-service to small- and medium-sized businesses and helping these firms more readily compete with industry behemoths. High-performance computing drives innovation and efficiency…

Introducing the 2017 Tech Madness Finalists

On Wednesday, March 8th, we’ll be debuting the official 2017 Tech Madness Bracket at our Reveal Party at the Chicago Sports Museum. I know it’s been a long year since…

Kicked into Gear: 6 Chicago Startups That Saw Success Through Crowdfunding

Great ideas are just the first step to building a great product, but getting funding is the real hurdle in turning your idea into a reality. While you could turn…

Tech CEOs Join Emanuel for U of I Trip

Mayor Rahm Emanuel went back to Urbana-Champaign with executives from about 20 Chicago tech companies today to pitch the school's smart, young techies at the University of Illinois on what…

Tribetayling and Pronto Advance to GNVC Finals

On January 29, MBA teams competed at the semi-finals of the 2017 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) in Chicago. Waverly Deutsch, clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth and the…

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