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Chicago Innovation Awards Co-Founder Talks Entrepreneurship & Startup Trends

by | Mar 27, 2017

Before ringing the Nasdaq Closing Bell, Tom Kuczmarski, co-founder of the Chicago Innovation Awards, joins Remy Blaire to discuss the 2016 winners, entrepreneurial progress since 2002 and job growth in Chicago. Also, he gives some great advice for those looking to become future entrepreneurs.

Women Mentoring Women: Here’s Why It Matters

Women Mentoring Women: Here’s Why It Matters

"If it weren’t for women’s mentoring, I wouldn’t be where or who I am today." - former Chicago Innovation Women Mentoring Co-op mentee, Michelle Rivas, discusses the impact of having female mentors.

Patents Not Required to be an Innovation Powerhouse

Patents Not Required to be an Innovation Powerhouse

Letter to the Editor: Too often we see entrepreneurs invest too many resources in pursuing patents, when what they should be doing is investing their time and money on identifying and solving customers' unmet needs, write Tom Kuczmarski and Luke Tanen of Chicago...

Patents Not Required to be an Innovation Powerhouse

Chicago Innovation Awards spotlight internet of things and AI

Twenty companies, from startups to Fortune 500 giants, won Chicago Innovation Awards for new products and services that bring the "internet of things" to health care, vehicles and foods, as well as holograms that bring museum exhibits to life.