Chicago Innovation Blog

Cook County Blog: “President Preckwinkle Visits with Winners of the 2015 Chicago Innovation Awards”

by | Feb 18, 2016

Our 2015 Chicago Innovation Award Winners met with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to talk about innovation in Chicago.

Innovation expo to be held in Chicago

Innovation expo to be held in Chicago

An event named The Innovators’ Guide to Chicago will take place next month at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Luke Tanen — president and CEO of Chicago Innovation — joins the Noon Business Hour.

Here’s who took home hardware at the 2024 Chicago Innovation Awards

Here’s who won big at the 2022 Chicago Innovation Awards

This year’s Chicago Innovation Awards highlight how the city’s tech and startup scene is not as much the boys club that it used to be. Mayor Lori Lightfoot alluded to as much in her opening address, highlighting that of the 21 winners at Wednesday night’s awards, 11 were women-led businesses and nine were founded by people of color.