Innovation Summit

"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.

The winners of the 2018 Chicago Innovation Awards joined President Preckwinkle on February 20, 2018 for a round table discussion about their innovations and the positive impact they could have for the County and our region.

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Ageless Innovators: Intergenerational Co-Mentoring When it comes to building and managing an organization, everyone, no matter how old or young, has something to teach and something to learn  CHICAGO – December 17, 2018 – In a partnership with The Village Chicago,...

Guiding Baby Boomers Through The Startup Scene: Chicago Innovation has partnered with The Village Chicago to launch an inter-generational co-mentoring program, "Ageless Innovators".

A look at Chicago Innovations' new inter-generational co-mentoring program "Ageless Innovators".

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...

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.