Illinois

Chicago Startup AdBasis Acquired By Airbnb

On November 13th 2017, Airbnb announced the acquisition of SaaS advertising startup AdBasis. The Chicago startup automates the advertising process, allowing customers to try out multiple variations of an ad to.

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African American Entrepreneurs In Chicago To Receive Greater Financial Access

Currently, there are 230,000 small businesses in Chicago, with a large portion of these businesses owned and ran by African Americans. Yet, securing financial help to open or expand a.

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The Chicago startup that’s bringing haggling online to give you better prices

In light of today’s modern retail empires and the explosion of e-commerce, haggling is an art which has fallen by the wayside, occasionally making an appearance at your odd flea.

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BrightLeaf, the Chicago startup building a ‘brighter’ future for homeowners

For many of us, a home is so much more than just where we store our possessions and rest our heads. It is an incredibly important aspect of our lives.

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Illinois edtech company releases cutting-edge platform supporting STEM education

Illinois-based organization GreenApple has released a new STEM education platform this month aimed at providing training tools for the technological, scientific, and data-driven careers that are quickly becoming the highest-paid.

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Chicago’s Codemoji teaches kids to code with emojis: interview

The Midwest is quickly becoming known as a hot spot for bright young startups, one of which is Chicago-based Codemoji.

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Report: Midwest cities fail to crack NerdWallet’s top 15 for tech jobs

While the Midwest continues to attract startups and investors as an alternative tech hub to Silicon Valley, its cities fail to crack NerdWallet’s top 15 as the best places for.

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Illinois’ blockchain efforts gain traction

Building on the state’s earlier blockchain-based innovations towards creating an entrepreneurship-friendly ecosystem and encouraging collaboration between different governmental agencies, Illinois proposes the initiative to use blockchains to record birth certificates.

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