Chicago

Have a Great Startup Idea, But Need A Developer? Meet Matchist

Matchist cofounders Stella Fayman and Tim Jahn meet a lot of entrepreneurs through their successful speaker series Entrepreneurs Unpluggd in Chicago. “Time and time again,” said Fayman, “we always heard.

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CheekyChicago Celebrates the Windy City’s Hardest Working Women

CheekyChicago, the Windy City’s hot guide for women, is set to kick off its biggest event of the year this week with a celebration of the city’s Cheekiest Chicks.

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Telepath Tactics Kickstarter Doesn’t Kick It, But Sinister Design Stays in Stride

Despite putting up a valiant fight that led the Chicago game developer to reach 840 backers who helped raise more than $18,000, the Kickstarter for Sinister Design’s latest strategy RPG title fell just $7,000 short of its original goal.

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Tonight: Successful Chicago E-Pub Author Hosting Shindig.com Chat Tonight

Previously featured on Techli’s CEO Sundays, self published author Karly Kirkpatrick is taking her blog series, Adventures in E-Publishing, to the interwebs for a free live event on Thursday, January.

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GoSoapBox Stepping Into Conference Market With Refined Platform

Chicago startup GoSoapBox is stepping into the conference market this year, with a new platform called Conferences I/O helping attendees get their burning questions answered at events both big and small.

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Chicago-based iGearUnlimited Polls Customers To Make The Perfect iPad Mini Case

iGearUnlimited recently polled customers to discover the attributes that all add up to create the perfect iPad mini case.

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Illinois Employers Banned From Demanding Access To Employee Social Network Accounts

A new law goes into effect in 2013 in Illinois that bans employers from demanding credentials and access to their employee’s social networking accounts.

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Payment Over Mobile Solutions Looking to Ease Woes of the Banking Underserved

Chicago startup Payment Over Mobile Solutions (POMS) is gearing up for a big year, with plans to introduce its new convenient platform that gives the banking underserved a way to send payments.

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Control A Cockroach’s Brain With A Tweet Thanks To Chicago Artist

Chicago artist Brittany Ransom has hacked the control circuit on a bionic cockroach to crowdsource the insect’s movement via Twitter.

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The Whimseybox Team Resolves To Make Project Dreams A Reality In 2013

Whimseybox, a Houston, Texas based startup that delivers monthly DIY projects and craft subscriptions to your door, shared their new year’s resolutions this week. Because the team is a naturally crafty bunch, most of the team’s resolutions center around starting and finshing DIY projects.

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