Chicago-based startup BigMarker has just recently ramped up its service of online communities to include more features than ever before, now offering larger conference rooms and several much-requested features to improve its virtual collaborative space.
The founders of GiveForward, Threadless, and Tap.me discussed how they turned their individual passions into successful businesses at the latest Entrepreneurs Unpluggd event.
Chicago-based startup ClassFill refers to its service as the Priceline for classes. The idea is simple: Users find classes they are interested in, name the price they are willing to pay, and businesses are able to accept or reject the offer based on their availability.
An anonymous, former Groupon writer dished to the reddit community about writing witty promotions for a living, the company’s management issues, and how he got fired.
GoHealth, a Chicago-based company providing health insurance comparisons directly to customers, has received an investment of $50 million from Norwest Equity Partners this week.
Waste equals food in John Edel’s vernacular. Edel is the founder of “The Plant,†an old meatpacking facility that will grow food sustainably while producing zero net waste.
The popular 90s trivia game has resurfaced as a free-to-play app, containing all the quirky trivia fun of the full release with the added benefit of letting you crush your Facebook friends.
A University of Chicago library will begin carrying a selection of classic video games this summer, providing students with access to dozens of influential titles spread across three decades of gaming.
Excelerate has been very successful in finding, funding and supporting young Chicago companies. But as successful as Excelerate has been on that front, there haven’t yet been any grand slam successes.
Catapult Chicago has announced seven new startups today that will be joining the 12,000 square foot collaborative space downtown: Dabble, Buzz Referrals, Shiftgig, Tempo, Procured Health, Kula, and BucketFeet.
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