Chicago Innovation Blog
On a night when everyone in Chicago seemed focused on baseball, the business community found time to cheer on innovation.
“I don’t know if you know it or not, but there’s a big event at about 7:08 p.m.,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the crowd at Harris Theater.
From startups, such as Page Vault, to some of the oldest names in business, such as Federal Signal, 24 companies won Chicago Innovation Awards. Among the presenters was Ed Wehmer, CEO of Wintrust Financial, a major Cubs sponsor….
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“Chicago’s unique strength is its ability to collaborate. As a city, we know the value of relationship building,” Luke Tanen, President and CEO of Chicago Innovation. And no organization has driven this collaboration more than Chicago Innovation which recently...
Published in Crain’s on July 17, 2025 Opinion: Relationships are powering our next wave of innovation By Thomas D. Kuczmarski Twenty-five years ago, when students went to business schools like Kellogg and Booth for their MBA, it was usually to pursue a career in...
Chicago’s startup and innovation community gathered at the annual Chicago Innovation Awards, which aims to recognize companies doing groundbreaking work.
The Chicago Innovation Awards announced this year’s winners at the UIC Forum — honoring 22 local businesses in the 23rd iteration of the ceremony.
One certain result of the recent elections is that there will be change. It’s just not clear what that change will be. For every sector of society — public, private and nonprofit — in organizations of all sizes, it is moments like this that put a spotlight on the importance of innovation.
Article by Kyla Colomina The annual Chicago Innovation Awards bring some of the region’s most exciting ventures, from startups to corporate expansions, into the limelight. With all of the fantastic nominees that were received this year, it’s now time to...
Article by Ari Reith This year’s Chicago Innovation Award Nominees are energized to solve problems that they care deeply about, which is energizing to learn from. They’re also motivated to make Chicago and the world a better place, which is motivating...