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SpotHero, Bela Fleck and a skyscraper: Here’s who Chicago Innovation Awards honored this year

by | Nov 21, 2017

The 25 winners, with products and services in industries from health care to parking to snacking, were selected from more than 530 nominees.

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.

Here Are the 2018 Chicago Innovation Award Winners

Here Are the 2018 Chicago Innovation Award Winners

The 17th annual Chicago Innovation Awards took place Monday night, and more than two dozen local companies and organizations across Chicagoland were recognized for their innovative spirit. After reviewing more than 500 nominations, 100 finalists were announced in...

Chicago Innovation Awards Announces its 2018 Winners

Chicago Innovation Awards Announces its 2018 Winners

Chicago Innovation Awards Announces its 2018 Winners 25 organizations that embody the innovative spirit honored at 17th annual awards ceremony   CHICAGO – October 29, 2018 – The Chicago region’s most innovative organizations — those with new products and services...