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Crain’s: Chicago Innovation Foundation’s Un-Gala
From a password-protected front door to flamethrowers and contortionists, the Un-Gala delivered on its promise to be anything but a rubber-chicken affair. The gala, held May 21 at Untitled, a subterranean restaurant and lounge in River North, was the inaugural fundraiser for the Chicago Innovation more »
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Chicago Tribune: Chicago Innovation Foundation’s Un-Gala Raises More Than $160,000 for Chicago Innovation Awards
The Chicago Innovation Foundation’s Un-Gala, which took place May 21 at Marc Bushala’s subterranean restaurant Untitled, lived up to its out-of-the-box promotion. Unexpected entertainment from Redmoon Theater included contortionists, flame-throwers and a wine-dispensing bicycle. During the head-turning cocktail hour, a mobile DJ unit set the more »
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Chicago innovation’s band leader: Tom Kuczmarski
Born, raised and educated on the East Coast, Tom Kuczmarski arrived in Chicago with a two-years-and-out plan. That was 36 years ago. Since then he started an innovation consultancy, Kuczmarski & Associates, is in his 32nd year teaching at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, more »
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Sarah K. Neukom named Director of Events for the Chicago Innovation Awards
Chicago, IL—Sarah K. Neukom has been named Director of Events for the Chicago Innovation Awards. In this newly created position she is responsible for the planning and execution of the Innovation Series, the seven events held each year by the Chicago Innovation Awards, including its annual event recognizing more »
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Chicago Sun-Times: Groupon founder says Chicago now growing entrepreneurs
Groupon Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mason shared the “bittersweet” emotion of seeing some engineers leave the daily deals company, but applauded the fact it shows Chicago now develops and sends entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley to start their own companies. Mason addressed an audience of 1,500 more »
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Crain’s: 1871, Belly, Food Genius among Up and Comer honorees
The companies that received “Up-and-Comer” awards at the 11th annual Chicago Innovation Awards last night range from software firms that already have hundreds of thousands of users to hard-science companies still hoping to move their technology from the laboratory to the marketplace. The nine winners were more »
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Crain’s: BrightTag, Catamaran, Coyote Logistics among winners of Chicago Innovation Awards
Companies who are remaking everything from lighting to hospital masks were named winners of the Chicago Innovation Awards on Monday night at the Harris Theater. Chicago-based BrightTag, which makes software to manage website advertising, won for its technology that connect websites to digital marketing and analytics more »
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Chicago Sun-Times: The 2012 Chicago Innovation Award winners
Though the still-evolving Silicon Prairie’s top claim to technology fame is daily-deal site Groupon, this year’s Chicago Innovation Award winners boast creative solutions ranging from feeding needy children to warding off the flu virus. The winners announced Monday night range from the nation’s largest food-donation more »
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NBC: The 2012 Chicago Innovation Awards and Takeaways
It was a night of glitz, a night of glamor and a night where the word “innovation” was said an innovative amount of times very innovatively about some of Chicago’s most innovative innovating companies who innovative. Show Co-Founders/Co-Chairs Dan Miller and Tom Kuczmarski got things more »
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VIDEO: NBC – Chicago Innovation Awards
High Five: Chicago Innovation Awards Take a look at a Chicago event that’s been growing in clout for more than a decade.
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