CEC 2012 Startup Forecast

November 20, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

We’ve been working hard to pull together an incredible lineup of industry-leading speakers for the upcoming CEC’s 2012 Startup Forecast who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends . We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Thanks to our sponsor J.P. Morgan Chase, the event is being hosted at the Chase Auditorium.

November 19, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Reprinted press release from 1871 startup CityScan

November 19, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

It’s hard to get inside someone’s head.

November 15, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Press Release from Risk I/O, November 13, 2012

November 9, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Reprinted MarkITx Press Release from November 06, 2012

November 5, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

On May 2nd, 2012, we celebrated the official Grand Opening of the new home for Chicago’s digital startups, 1871. Now, in honor of our 6-month birthday and in the interest of sharing more about the member startups of 1871, we’re releasing this awesome Infographic that the folks at Lab42 helped us create.

November 1, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Last weekend, Chicago-area tech pros came together with CareerBuilder and 1871 to hack out solutions to the more than 12 million people unemployed. Given there are more 3.5 million unfilled jobs, despite unemployment, attendees were prompted to identify and start to develop solutions to match the right talent with the right company and to help empower employment.

October 29, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Chicago’s entrepreneurial community had a great night last Wednesday evening at the 5th Annual CEC Momentum Awards dinner in Millennium Park . Over 750 Chicago leaders came together to celebrate our past, present, and future entrepreneurs and the people and corporations who support them.

October 25, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Chicago’s Business Community Celebrates at 5th Annual Momentum Awards; CEC Raises $1.5 million to Support 2013 Initiatives

October 22, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Matthew Helbig is a team member at Azadi, one of Impact Engine companies and 1871 member. Here is his take on 1871 and IE so far.

October 11, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

A few days before we officially opened 1871 in the Merchandise Mart on May 2nd, 2012, Scott Kluth, the Fouder and President of local entrepreneurial success story, CouponCabin, gave us an incredible gift to mark the occasion. I’d like to mark this historic day for Chicago with the writing from this lithograph – which you can see next time you visit 1871.

October 3, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

I think we can all agree 2012 has been a momentous year for the local startup scene.

September 21, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Last Friday, September 14^th Governor Quinn visited 1871 to announce an innovative $10.3 million public-private education initiative called Illinois Pathways, to better prepare our state’s students for today and tomorrow’s jobs.

September 18, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Blog reprinted from comScore blog

September 12, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

By Hugh Musick, Associate Dean & Director of Education, IIT Institute of Design

September 11, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

by Yasha Saxena, CEC intern

August 30, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

1871 is all about bringing the Chicago ecosystem together to support and grow the startup community, and there is no better example of that same effort then in what Troy Henikoff, Sam Yagan, and Excelerate have built over the last 3 summers. I remember when there was talk of an “accelerator” program in Chicago and many folks were skeptical, but a small group of leaders got it done and it’s only improved each year! Ranked the #3 accelerator in the country by Forbes, Excelerate just graduated an incredible class of 10 startups from around the country and the globe. Wednesday was Demo Day at the House of Blues and the presentations by the graduating companies were amazing – the clear result of excellent coaches and mentoring help over the last 3 months. Here’s a run-down of the 10 startups for you to check out:

August 27, 2012 by J Blaszczykiewicz

Reprinted from Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC)

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