The City of Chicago Debuts OpenGrid, its Sleek, New Portal for Exploring...
Just because data is available doesn't mean that it's accessible. Since 2010, the City of Chicago has made the majority of the data that it collects available via its Data Portal, an impressive...
View ArticleA Chicago Tech Project Taking On Police Misconduct Wins $400,000
In December, the NY Times published a report analyzing the thousands of misconduct allegations that have been filed against Chicago police officers over the past four years, revealing that despite...
View Article5 Things Besides VC Funding That Matter When Startups Choose Cities
As 2015 venture capital totals come into focus, startups in U.S. cities face faces questions about how much VC funding will be available in 2016. For founders getting their startups out of the gates...
View ArticleCareerBuilder Just Launched a Virtual Career Coach
Unhappy in your job, but not exactly sure where to go next? CareerBuilder wants to be your life coach. The Chicago-based company just launched a new tool called "Explore Careers," which offers users a...
View ArticleThis Is What Startup Accelerators Actually Contribute to Their Cities
Silicon Valley may have more accelerators, incubators and venture capital than any other region in the United States, but that doesn't mean that cities elsewhere aren't trying to compete. Over the...
View ArticleIllinois Employers Posted Nearly 35K Tech Job Openings in Q4, Down from 54K...
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View ArticleHow Chicago Development Beat Every Other Metro Area in 2015
New corporate offices can be a useful metric for tracking a city’s economic growth. Such investments represent regional commitments to people, cities and states. That's why the Chicago area should be...
View ArticleSee Which Presidential Campaign Your Neighbors Donated to this Year...
It's the Illinois Primary today and residents throughout the state will join their neighbors at the polls to cast their vote for the Republican or Democratic presidential candidate, as well as for...
View ArticleIllinois Ranks 7th in the U.S. for Tech Employment
This month, CompTIA, the Downers Grove-based non-profit trade association for the IT industry, released its 17th annual Cybserstates report, a comprehensive look at the U.S. tech sector and the role...
View ArticleData Science Code Bootcamp Metis Expands Classes to Chicago
Aspiring data scientists just got another training option in Chicago. Metis, a New York City-based data science code bootcamp run by Kaplan, announced it is expanding their offerings to Chicago this...
View ArticleMidwest Report: All of the Region's Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in March
While we're primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings,...
View Article1871 Adds Data Science Classes To Education Offerings
As Chicago's educators figure out how to prepare students for the city's growing tech scene, one subject seems to come up again and again: data science. Metis, a data science bootcamp, recently...
View ArticleAlumni of Illinois Universities Head to Chicago To Start Companies [Data]
Though Silicon Valley may be talked about as the startup hub of the country, students graduating from Illinois universities tend to pursue entrepreneurship closer to home. Alumni of Illinois...
View ArticleFacebook Must Face Illinois' Data Privacy Law, Court Says
Illinois is one of only two states nationwide to have laws regulating the use of consumers' biometric data, including fingerprints, retina scans, and facial recognition. It's called the Illinois...
View ArticleNew York-Based Location Data Startup Yext Adds Chicago Office
Yext, a global location data startup that helps business manage their store listings, is opening a branch in Chicago. The startup announced Wednesday it opened a Chicago office at 500 W. Madison to...
View ArticleIs Your Neighborhood With Trump or Clinton? [Map]
We're a week and a half away from the 2016 presidential election (thank God), which means the last bit of campaign cash is trickling in before things are official on Nov. 8. And as people begin early...
View ArticleHere's What Student Debt Looks Like Across the Country [Map]
Ever wondered how your college loans compare to the rest of the country? The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has you covered. It just released their annual report on student debt,...
View ArticleMidwest Report: All of the Region's Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in...
While we're primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings,...
View ArticleVenture Capitalists Invested $1B in Illinois in 2016
Venture capitalists invested $1.04 billion across 128 deals in Illinois in 2016, the third straight year the state has recorded over a billion in VC, according to the recent MoneyTree Report from PwC...
View ArticleHere Are the 3 'Mega Trends' Shaping Entrepreneurship's Future
Today, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released its State of Entrepreneurship 2017 report, emphasizing three new trends that the organization said will shape the future of entrepreneurship. The...
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