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Why Chicago? Vibrant Economy
Great Local Economy. In the past decade, the Chicago area created 500,000 new jobs. If Chicago were a country, it would be the 18th largest economy in the... -
Why Chicago? Strong Illinois Tech Sector
Illinois has the sixth largest high-tech economy in the United States. A recent University of Minnesota study found that the Chicago metropolitan area has more... -
Why Chicago? Peer Companies
When you start a high tech company in Chicago, you are in good company. Chicagoland is home to 11,600 technology companies. Learn... -
Why Chicago? Success Stories
Companies like Motorola, PLATINUM Technology (sold to Computer Associates for $3.5 billion), and U.S Robotics (sold to 3COM) have demonstrated that great... -
Why Chicago? Intellectual Capital
The Chicago area and Illinois are home to world-class educational institutions with phenomenal research, business, and computer science capabilities. Premier...
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Nominate an Outstanding Technology Student Today: 50 For the Future
The Illinois Technology Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit organization dedicated to fueling the technology talent and human capital pipeline through facilitated collaboration between academia and industry, has begun accepting nominations for 50 for the Future, an event honoring Illinois’...
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Chicago Tech Community Resource
Hi everyone.
For those of you who don't know, I'm trying to create a site for Chicago the likes of http://seattle20.com. I think what they did is absolutely great.
Why do this? Because we have a vibrant startup / tech community and ecosystem in Chicago, but we have to rediscover it every...
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First ScaleWell Grant Recipient: Michael Una
This post is syndicated from ScaleWell Blog.
ScaleWell is happy to announce Michael Una of Unatronics as the recipient of the initial ScaleWell Grant. Una's submission surrounding the product development of "Beep-It" - an optical theremin - and other minimalist musical devices was selected by trustees from a pool of...
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Hi Chicago, hit us up!
If you’re in tech, and you’re in Chicago, we’re looking for you! startups, service providers, venues, angels/investors, etc! email, @, or DM us!
Check out TECH EVENTS from your local community here!
Check our local TECH EVENTS calendar here! (pardon the duplicates. work in...
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Why Chicago? Intellectual Capital
The Chicago area and Illinois are home to world-class educational institutions with phenomenal research, business, and computer science capabilities. Premier educational institutions include the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Northwestern University, the...
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Why Chicago? Peer Companies
When you start a high tech company in Chicago, you are in good company. Chicagoland is home to 11,600 technology companies.
Learn...
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Why Chicago? Success Stories
Companies like Motorola, PLATINUM Technology (sold to Computer Associates for $3.5 billion), and U.S Robotics (sold to 3COM) have demonstrated that great technology companies can be built in Chicago. Alumni from Chicago's success story companies frequently invest in new companies and join their...
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Why Chicago? Vibrant Economy
Great Local Economy. In the past decade, the Chicago area created 500,000 new jobs. If Chicago were a country, it would be the 18th largest economy in the world, ahead of Taiwan, Argentina and Russia.
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Why Chicago? Strong Illinois Tech Sector
Illinois has the sixth largest high-tech economy in the United States. A recent University of Minnesota study found that the Chicago metropolitan area has more high-tech jobs - 347,100 -- than Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston and other high-tech centers in the United States.
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Bootstrappers and Investors Faceoff March 16, 2010 MIT EF Chicago
This post is syndicated from Bob Brill patent IP lawyer with business sense.
The excitement continues over the upcoming March 16, 2010 event “Bootstrappers and Investors Faceoff” that my volunteer content team will lead for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum of Chicago (MIT EF Chicago). Much like the sold-out March 2009 event led by my...
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