by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
al·go·rithm: It’s everywhere in today’s business literature, and if your business doesn’t have one, you want one. Catalytic Predict, based in Chicago’s Near West Side, is an automated platform that enables any business person to configure a machine-learning prediction...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Give a kid a computer, and the boy or girl will play with it all day. Teach the kids to code, and they’ll build a business, an industry, a future. That’s the plan at Codeverse, a Chicago-based studio-school that immerses youngsters aged 6-to-13 years old in a creative...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
The early days of most legal cases include a document-review session to identify which documents are pertinent to the case at hand. Lawyers crowd into a room and assess thousands of online documents — unless they’re really watching cat videos or checking...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Truss empowers small- and medium-sized businesses to lease office, retail and industrial space in Chicago’s vast real estate market. Users of Truss’ online platform answer online questions about space needs and locations. Then, Truss sifts through its roster of 300...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Nothing says Mother’s Day like a personal email greeting from Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. Or a shout out, “You got this!” from Real Housewife Vicki Gunvalson to a young woman battling cancer. Dennis Rodman moaned in a message to Chicago VC investor Kevin Willer...
