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How Pivotal’s Chicago team grew from 4 to 50 in 2 years
The State Department’s Global Innovation through Science & Technology program is in full swing here at 1871. The program, taking place from June 9th to June 17th, brings 12 startups from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia to 1871 where they will participate in programming and mentorship sessions aimed at helping them grow their businesses.
[Read more…] about Global Innovation Through Science & Technology: Meet the Senior Mentors
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[Read more…] about Event Gallery: Taiwanese American Professionals Panel
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Comcast will be recognized for enormous community impact and efforts that have taken place throughout Chicagoland; Comcast is one of the original partners of 1871
[Read more…] about Comcast Will Be Named Corporate Champion at 2016 Momentum Awards Dinner
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What passes for genuine information today is too often something that simply gets repeated too often. Repetition is not authentication, especially when it comes to technology and media. From time to time, I think it’s useful to try to get rid of some of the persistent, tech-flavored factoids that are becoming more prevalent in our media-saturated, overly exposed, woefully under informed hurry-up atmosphere.
[Read more…] about Cord-Cutting, Showrooming and Other Specious Techno “Facts”
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The Sage Summit for 2016 was held in Chicago and featured keynote interviews with an impressive number of technology celebpreneurs including Sir Richard Branson, television Sharks Daymond John and Robert Herjavec, the actors Ashton Kutcher and Gwyneth Paltrow, plus Yancey Strickler, the CEO of Kickstarter.
[Read more…] about Startup Talk from Ashton Kutcher, Sir Richard Branson and Yes, Gwyneth Paltrow
Impact Engine to be honored for their contribution to Chicago and the world; Impact Engine has invested in 29 businesses improving the lives of individuals, families, communities and the environment and recently launched a $10 million seed fund
[Read more…] about Impact Engine to Be Honored with Chicagoness Award
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Sharing is great, especially for the kids, but we’re not getting enough in return. We need a better, smarter solution for all of the problems we’re having with the myriad ways in which our personal information is being used, abused, shared, stolen, distributed, dumped and otherwise hijacked for novel and nefarious purposes; all of it far beyond our intentions and almost universally without our permission or consent.