Client PR Wins

Here’s Which Cities Would be Prime for Amazon’s HQ2

Last month Amazon announced it will be building a second company headquarters--dubbed "Amazon HQ2"--somewhere in North America, inviting ...

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The ROI of VR

If you’re feeling like today’s retail industry has become more cutthroat than ever, you’re not alone. With competition from Amazon and ...

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5 Reasons to Believe in Brick-and-Mortar Grocery

Ever since online grocery outlets like Amazon, Peapod and Instacart stepped onto the scene, there’s been no shortage of speculation about...

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Private Sector Must Fill in Cracks of Uneven Economic Recovery

For years now, Americans have been getting mixed messages about the state of the economy: Unemployment is down, but job insecurity is ...

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5 Tips for a More Engaging Open Enrollment

If you’re having about as much luck getting your employees to pay attention to your open enrollment messaging as you are getting yourself...

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Chicago’s Insure-Tech Boom Could Shift an Age-Old Industry

Over the last year, Chicagoland has seen an uptick in the number of venture-backed insurance tech startups. Some of them provide ...

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13 Easy Investing Apps and Sites for Millennials

M1 is a long-term investment robo-advisor for people who want their money to work for them. In brief, it incorporates control and ...

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All Governments Should Be Built on a Unified API

Imagine a citizen is selling a condo in Chicago. She finds a great buyer, the process goes smoothly, and when she's ready to take care of...

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How Trump’s Immigration Policies Could Hurt the Heartland the Most

During the 2016 election, President Donald Trump ran on the idea that small towns in America have been left behind. He understood that, ...

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Podcast: The Rise of a FinTech Hotbed

Where does Chicago stand within the worldwide FinTech community and what are its major contributions? Michael Busch, the president of ...

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Startup DataCubes Raises $2.5M to Transform Commercial Underwriting With Data Science

DataCubes, a data science platform startup that enables carriers to accurately quote commercial insurance policies by asking customers a ...

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Insurance-tech Startup Raises $2.5 Million

A Chicago startup has raised $2.5 million in hopes of using artificial intelligence and Big Data to help insurance companies make smarter...

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Brian Barnes of M1 Finance on Reinventing Millennial Investing

Brian Barnes is the CEO and Founder of M1 Finance, a startup making an automated investment tool that lets users put their money to work ...

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11 Things You Can Do Now to Avoid Holiday Debt

If you were aghast at how much you spent on holiday gifts when the credit card bills arrived last January, now is the time to start ...

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Top 51 Tech PR People: Josh Inglis

Inglis is the founder of Chicago-based Propllr PR which represents startups like Hired and Reverb. "Quick, smart, sharp, no bullsh--..."

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