Startups like Lyft and SideCar are subverting the municipal nightmares and lawsuits that personal driver startups like Uber have been battling in many cities. That’s because Lyft and SideCar connect riders with friendly folks who are willing to give rides in their personal cars, no taxi medallion required.
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.
If you were afraid that the temporary Microsoft kiosk at the St. Louis Galleria would pack it in and head back to Washington after the holidays, fear not. St. Louis is one of the cities in the U.S. that has hosted a temporary store that will transition to a permanent retail location in 2013.
In April, high school students from abound the country will convene at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis to compete for glory. They won’t by using their sporting skills, but rather their engineering skills to decide who will come out on top.
Chicago-based MiGym is helping gyms across America become a part of their members’ lives 24/7. The company offers white label app solutions to gyms on both iOS and Android platforms. MiGym helps gyms publish class schedules, offer class booking and workout tracking to members.
Where Grindr, a geolocation mobile app for gay males that pivoted into Fab.com left off, Stagg is picking up. The new dating app has been in stealth for a year, and it launched this month to help gay men in cities across America find, rate, and date each other.
The Illinois Technology Association (TIA) has partnered with TechFetch, formerly Corp-Corp, to bring job seekers and recruiters in the IT industry together under one roof on February 7th.
The cab-alternative startup has been kind enough to get together a few helpful tips for anyone looking to Uber their way across town on the busiest cab night of them all: New Year’s Eve.
If any city knows how to celebrate in style, it’s Chicago. Most of the city’s startup entrepreneurs will be ringing in the new year together at Entrepreneur’s Eve, an event to benefit the H Foundation’s cancer research initiatives. Even if you have alternative plans this year, you can still celebrate in style with the help of Chicago startups.
When it comes to science fiction stories where all mundane service jobs are taken over by robots, the future is now. One local Chicago gym chain operates 24 hours a day without a single staff member thanks to digital devices that monitor everything from indoor activity to guest identity.
