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The Midwest Leads The Way In Social Entrepreneurship

For many coast dwellers, the Midwest might appear to be a cluster of corn producing, fly over states. However, for those familiar with the Midwest, its deep-set, and caring values.

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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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NASA’s 3D printing challenge in Edwards, Illinois

Over the last few years NASA has been running a competition in which companies enter their 3D-printed habitats for deep space exploration. The latest round, hosted in Edwards, Illinois, finished.

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Midwestern tech and startups to help you live off the grid

Dazzling, shiny and trendy: characteristics so ubiquitous in every tech product today that you could easily forget technology is, in essence, a survival tool made with thunder-infused stones.

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Second Saturday – And Every Day After

“You’ll never make it in business if you can’t make it past Second Saturday,” stated Dennis Beard, partner at Serra Ventures. In Urbana-Champaign, many startups get their first taste of.

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Innovation: How David Kalt Connected the Dots

  Serial entrepreneur David Kalt recently launched his newest startup, Reverb.com, after founding ClientBASE, the first CRM for the travel industry, and then optionsXpress, an online broker that sold to.

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When Men Disrupt The Wedding Industry

The Problem When you think about wedding planning, you normally envision a soon to be bride, with her mother and bridesmaids in tow, going from flower shop, to bakery, to.

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Personify Launching Mac Version; Makes The Online Meeting Experience More Engaging

We’ve all been on those conference calls, where a sales person tries to pitch us on the next great product that we just have to have to run our business..

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Chicago’s Belly Full…of Rewards!

By Francesca Bacardi, Medill Reports Chicago is full…of rewards. Belly is popping up on counters at businesses across Chicago, and people are tapping into it. Belly Inc. provides rewards of.

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Autumn Berry: Chicago’s Newest Startup Fruit

Autumn Berry Inspired won Inspire Business Center’s monthly start-up competition to obtain office space in Chicago’s West Loop – giving this new food trend a greater chance to make a.

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