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Social Commerce Startup Red Meat Market Partners With City Of Chicago

Red Meat Market is a social commerce site the blends education, content, and events all tailored to people who love red meat. The site sells meat too, but at its core, Red Meat Market is a community.

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Deadline Approaches For Chicago Digital Startup Initiative Grant

Any startups looking to get in on this year’s Chicago Digital Startup Initiative have until Monday to submit their applications for a chance at a $15,000 grant.

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Early Bird Tickets Go On Sale For St. Louis Startup Weekend

Do you want to found a startup, but need a co-founder or two? How about a room full of co-founders? Future CTOs and CEOs can save $20 on their St. Louis Startup Weekend tickets by registering for the event by October 19th. Early bird tickets are $75, but the price will be going up to $95 on October 20th.

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Enjoy A Disruptive Lunch With St. Louis’ RollSale, IDC Projects, And Nebula

Next week Openly Disruptive, a St. Louis network of innovative minds, will hold its next Disruptive Diner in which three local entrepreneurs will take stage to discuss the importance of breaking free from the standard business model.

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CEC Offers Chicago Startups Chance At Free Momentum Awards Tickets

The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center is offering Chicago startups the chance at two free tickets for its upcoming Momentum Awards dinner, giving smaller companies the chance to rub shoulders with some of the city’s biggest innovators.

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LockerDome Slam Dunks St. Louis Business Of The Year Award

LockerDome, one of the fastest growing St. Louis-based startups, scored one of eight Business Of The Year awards last week. The awards were given out by the city and the St. Louis Development Corp. as part of the Business Celebration Luncheon 2012 event on October 5.

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Unbranded Designs Captures Top Prize At Lean Startup Challenge

Unbranded Designs was chosen from a group of four startups that have been participating in the Lean Startup Circle’s rigorous 14 week program to bring lean startup methodology into the core of their businesses.

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SeedCon Opens $60,000 Fast Pitch Competition

Chicago’s SeedCon startup event organized by the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago has officially opened applications for its signature fast-pitch event this week.

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Reddit Co-Founder To Visit St. Louis On Last Leg Of Internet Freedom Tour

This coming Tuesday, October 9th, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian will visit both St. Louis’ Washington University and downtown startup incubator T-REx to discuss the open internet and the censorship bills that threaten the web as we know it today.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wants University of Illinois Students To Choose Chicago Over Silicon Valley

Mayor Rahm Emanuel will do almost anything to keep the heavily recruited University of Illinois students from leaving the state to go work in Silicon Valley. This week, he appeared in front of a group of students at the Urbana-Champaign campus, imploring them to consider starting their careers in Chicago.

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