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Toys ‘R’ Us Closing All U.S. Locations
Retail chain operator Toys “R” Us Inc. filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin the process of winding down its business...
What to Do When Y-Combinator Comes for Your Industry
Y Combinator is a force to be reckoned with in the startup world. Its funded companies include heavyweights like Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb...
The Startup That’s Digitizing the Windy City
Set off a false burglar alarm in Chicago? That will cost you. As will water access and sewers. And a wide range of licenses for ...
Clampdown on Refugees Conflicts With Push for Employment
As immigration issues swirl around businesses seeking to hire foreign talent, a new guide published by the Tent Foundation is still ...
Chicago Tech Veterans Close $10 Million Series A for Big Data Startup Ocient
There’s big data, and then there’s big data. Chicago-based Ocient announced an approximately $10 million Series A round today in the ...
How a Commission-Free Robo-Adviser Plans to Generate Revenue
Digital investment startup M1 Finance is making a big bet that no fees are the future. The Chicago-based company, which launched its ...
Gladwin Begins the Buildout of Ocient
If you want some idea of the scale of the Big Data problem Chris Gladwin is tackling with his latest startup, Ocient, start with the real...
How to Create Your Own Robo Advisor
You don't need a nest egg of six or seven figures and a financial advisor to create a top-notch, diversified investment portfolio. For ...
Why Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce All Have Apprenticeship Programs
Marc Benioff is the CEO of Salesforce, a San Francisco-based CRM platform. Last year, he asked President Donald Trump to create five ...
How Employers Should Reshape Total Rewards Packages
Nearly three-quarters of your employees are worried about money. And we’re not talking about general concerns over big future expenses ...
Lessons from a Billion Dollar Exit with Chicago Entrepreneur Chris Gladwin
Ocient CEO and successful entrepreneur Chris Gladwin joins Scott onstage for a chat at the February 2018 Startup Showcase. ...
Indian Techies Look to Canada as the American Dream Turns into an H-1B Nightmare
In 2010, India-born Vikram Rangnekar took up a job as a software engineer at professional networking portal LinkedIn. Along with his ...
Paying City Hall, At The Kiosk And Beyond
You can’t fight city hall, goes the saying, but there are new ways to pay city hall. News came earlier this month that Chicago’s finance...
Trump Is Driving Indian Tech Students Away from American Universities
The Donald Trump administration’s protectionist rhetoric seems to have put off Indian students. The number of Indian students enrolling ...
The New Tax Law Has Made It a Great Time to Invest in Real Estate
Changes in the new tax law mean it's a great time to invest in real estate. Between lower effective tax rates for LLCs, potential drops ...