This month’s Lean Startup Circle event, held at Google’s offices in downtown Chicago, featured Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Greg Healy discussing using lean startup methodology in the enterprise.
Sinister Design, an independent game studio operating out of Chicago, has just launched a Kickstarter for its multiplayer, highly customizable love letter to tactical RPGs.
St. Louis sports networking startup LockerDome has continued its meteoric rise this week, announcing that it has reached a new milestone of 4 million unique visitors each month.
Cain and Mason share how they became entranced with the world of entrepreneurship, the story behind the formation of Catapult, and their thoughts on Chicago’s startup scene today.
Toast the Chicago startup scene together with over 100 entrepreneurs and small businesses including Hireology on December 31st as part of Entrepreneur’s Eve. The employee selection management system startup Hireology is excited to support the event, which benefits The H Foundation’s cancer research initiatives. Hireology joins Uber, 1871, and Braintree among many other sponsors.
This month the rapidly growing fashion startup has injected a healthy dose of holiday cheer into its style recommendation platform with a plethora of wonderfully tacky holiday sweaters, available for browsing throughout the season.
The platform aims to establish connections between people through basic questions like “who is sexy?” or “who’s most likely to sing in the shower?” Users can pick one of their friends who best fits the category, and if that friend chooses them for the same question, the connection is revealed to both parties.
Today SpotHero, Chicago’s online parking reservation startup, announced that it has raised $2.5 million in funding in a round led by Battery Ventures.
The latest SPICE speaker was Dr. Bryce Rutter, founder and CEO of Metaphase Design Group, Inc., which specializes in design research, ergonomics, and innovation strategy.
Galaxy Hub, a simple product that’s aiming to turn any television into a smart TV, has kicked off a funding campaign on Indiegogo today. The Wi-Fi enabled device simply plugs.
