Kaleio: A Different Kind of Professional Network

Linkedin is by far the most popular professional networking site in the world. It’s aimed at professionals who are in the office oriented career track. For those that are on these career tracks (lawyers, business executives, etc), Linkedin is an extremely effective way to connect. But what about the hardworking professionals who don’t quite fit [...]... Read More

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Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans
BY: Sonali Basak
Co-authored by: Lauryn Schroeder, Medill News Service It starts with something simple. For 12-year-old Quincy Lyons, it started with the first bite of an orange. An orange that he believed to be ripe, only to discover that it was rotten inside. This one experience led him and a team of middle-schoolers from Tuscon’s Sonoran Science [...]
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Autumn Berry: Chicago’s Newest Startup Fruit
BY: Sonali Basak
Autumn Berry Inspired won Inspire Business Center’s monthly start-up competition to obtain office space in Chicago’s West Loop – giving this new food trend a greater chance to make a debut in Chicago. Just as goji berries and açaí berries have infiltrated food and health trends, the autumn berry is making a debut as [...]
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Stop Murdering Plants With Plant Link
BY: Edward Domain
Plant Link’s founder, Eduardo Torrealba, had his conscience getting to him. After committing countless acts of basil planticide, he knew he needed to change his wicked ways. “I was tired of killing all my basil plants,” said Torrealba, “and thought I could fix it.” As a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at the University of Illinois, [...]
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Big Banks Funnel $167M Into Renewable Energy Company
BY: Corey Cummings
E.ON Climate & Renewables, whose North American division is headquartered in Chicago, announced this week that it has received a $167.7 million equity investment from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.
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Bradley Business Center Opens Doors With Two Green Startups
BY: Corey Cummings
The Bradley Business Center officially opened its 350,000 square-foot tech center late last month, and has already welcomed two green technology companies as its first occupants.
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Intellihot Green Technologies Secures Funding From Chicago Investors
BY: Corey Cummings
Green technology company Intellihot continues to add investors to its Series A round this week with Chicago investment group Cornertstone Angels coming onboard.
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Smart Cars Go Mainstream With Car2go
BY: Kathryn Hough
If you’ve ever seen a smart car zipping around town, it can be hard not to point and laugh. But a new service called car2go is actually making smart cars look cool thanks to their technology forward user experience.
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Wattvision Reduces Your Energy Bill By Tracking Real-Time Consumption
BY: Corey Cummings
Is the solution to unreasonable energy bills as simple as keeping a close eye on your usage? Wattvision, a green tech startup based out of Princeton, New Jersey, believes it might be the key to reducing the more than $130 billion wasted in energy by American’s each year.
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Inexpensive, Transparent Solar Cells Turn Windows Photovoltaic
BY: Corey Cummings
Researchers at UCLA have successfully developed a near-transparent photovoltaic cell that will allow windows to become the next surface to absorb solar energy.
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Charge Your Smartphone In The Great Outdoors With…Fire?
BY: Corey Cummings
BioLite has introduced a portable camping stove this week that will allow adventurers to charge their electronic devices in the great outdoors, utilizing a thermoelectric generator to send power to USB devices.
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Green Accelerator Backs iOS App, Eco-Friendly Shoes, And A Revolutionary Porta-Potty
BY: Corey Cummings
North Carolina’s Cherokee Challenge is offering a $20,000 investment to each of the three companies participating in this year’s summer accelerator program.
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A Mobile Luxury Island For The Environmentally Conscious Millionaire
BY: Corey Cummings
If you’ve been mulling over your next big luxury purchase, but still find yourself lying awake at night worrying about the environmental impact of your fleet of yachts, look no further than OrsosIsland’s floating luxury getaway.
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