I don’t think that there is one person in this country who thinks our healthcare system is functional, but if there is, here are some new numbers to prove them wrong: A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows 50% of American households certainly or probably would not be able to cope with…
Read MoreWe’ve been watching GiveForward, for quite sometime, as they participated in one of our Chicago events, went through the Excelerate Labs Chicago accelerator and most recently raised $500,000 in funding. Desiree Vargas Wrigley is the co-founder of GiveForward a website that allows people to crowd fund money for medical expenses. But that funding came after…
Read MoreChicago-based GiveForward, a startup we showcased at mixers in Chicago last May and November, has just closed on a $500,000 round of funding. GiveForward provides free, personalized web pages for people looking to raise money for out-of-pocket medical expenses. This round of funding will be used to build the GiveForward team and establish relationships with…
Read MoreExcelerate Labs, Chicago’s new tech startup incubator, debuted their first group of graduates today. Modeled after Brad Feld’s and David Cohen’s incubator, TechStars, the Chicago management team spent time with the Colorado group to ensure they had the right approach and then Sam Yagan, Kapil Chaudhary, Troy Henikoff and Nick Rosa were off and running,…
Read MoreMany of you probably remember the movie Pay It Forward, where the premise was to do something good for somebody and that good deed will come back around to you in some fashion. It is a mantra some firmly live by. Over the last several years we have seen the rise in micro-finance sites, like…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More