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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.
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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...
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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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