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Chicago event planning startup Kapow acquired by major global events brand

Chicago’s very own Kapow plans and caters to all corporate events, including lunches, retail-based get-togethers and sporting events, among its wide offering of options. This diversity in service clearly appealed.

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Reddit to open a Chicago office with advertising focus

The popular forum-based website Reddit will be opening an office in Chicago, which is the company’s first headquarters not located on the U.S. coast, according to a recent report from.

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Holistic weight-loss startup from Chicago fights obesity and chronic health diseases

Raw food diets, the paleo diet, the Atkins diet. The ways to lose weight may be endless but they often seem to have scarce scientific backing behind them. Chicago-based startup.

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Hearken helps newsrooms break from tradition by crowdsourcing story ideas

Journalism has seen a whole world of changes since the first newspapers were published hundreds of years ago. However, it’s only in the last couple of decades when technology leaped.

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Tovala oven brings ready-made meals to the 21st century

Chicago-based startup Tovala is starting up the much-disparaged, ready-made meal to gourmet proportions by using a high-tech smart oven with all the trimmings. The Tovala oven comes with a $399.

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Language learning’s a breeze, says Chicago-based startup Fluent Forever

Chicago-based polyglot Gabriel Wyner written a language-learning book and set up a website to allow others to benefit from his techniques. It sounds like any number of the abundance of.

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Chicago-based Triggr app can predict addict relapses with 90% accuracy

Chicago-based Triggr Health is an app that helps people struggling with substance or alcohol abuse to take steps to reduce the likelihood of a relapse. A bold statement for any.

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Chicago startup makes new child-tracking technology for parents

A helicopter parent, a phrase coined 30 years ago, according to the Oxford dictionary is defined as, “A parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their.

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Chicago-based food startups are bringing healthy fast food to the masses

When browsing traditional food delivery apps it’s easy to be seduced by the cheesy, greasy, calorific concoctions on offer. But just because you don’t have the time to cook, it.

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This Chicago startup is puffing up efforts to normalize marijuana

Following California’s legalization of recreational marijuana, 2018’s buzz around bud continues. At least 12 states are poised to consider marijuana bills and ballot measures, as more legislative sessions take place.

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