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PR PROfile: Josh Inglis, Propllr

I was lucky enough to run PR for online broker optionsXpress for about eight years. Got to partner with them pretty much from day one ...

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How These Companies Achieved Parity Without Diversity Initiatives

Some of the world’s largest banks and insurance providers just signed a pledge aimed at getting more women into leadership at their ...

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Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

Virtual reality and augmented reality have already changed how brands and retailers do store planning, but as the technology becomes ...

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Jellyvision Offices Celebrate Mustaches and a ‘Friggin’ Awesome’ Band

Jellyvision has spread into two buildings on the Near North Side over the last 20 years. The result is lived-in space with a whole lot ...

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Satya Nadella Just Showed Why He’s a Better CEO than Elon Musk

In the past month, two major tech companies announced surprising deals. The first - Microsoft’s $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. ...

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How Startups Benefit From Locating In Non-Coastal Cities

There’s no shortage of cities and regions around the country positioning themselves as the next Silicon Valley. It’s a nice idea, but is ...

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Here Are the Illinois Stocks Hammered—and Helped—by Brexit Vote

U.S. and Illinois stocks plunged after Britain voted to leave the European Union, with companies that sell products overseas among the ...

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After Orlando, Businesses Stress LGBT Inclusivity Moves

Jellyvision managers began thinking about inclusivity last year when they hired a transgender employee. They realized the frequently ...

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Lucas Roh’s Next Act Is All About Big Data

Lucas Roh is taking a big step with his newest startup, coming out of stealth mode. Roh's new company, Bigstep—launched four years ago ...

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Shapiro+Raj Acquires MutualMind

Shapiro+Raj will combine MutualMind's digital technologies with its current research and strategy products. “We have worked with Mutual ...

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Spark Has the Opportunity to Be as Transformational as Linux

Spark has the potential to be as transformational in the computing landscape as the emergence of Linux back in the 1990’s thanks to ...

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The SEC Could Be About to Destabilize the Stock Market

Public confidence in the stock market is eroding. An April Gallup study suggested that just 52 percent of Americans own stocks, matching...

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What Future Leaders Need to Learn in College

To all the brand new college graduates who majored in a liberal arts field, I have a message: If you want to be a leader, you did the ...

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Property Portals

Virtual-reality firm InContext Solutions creates 3-D shopping environments for retailers to test concepts with consumers, including ...

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Why I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts Majors

As the demand for quality computer programmers and engineers increases, conventional wisdom assumes we need more students with computer-...

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