Launching today, Fandium mobile app for iOS gives users a more social game day experience for professional and collegiate sports, complete with aggregated live content and streaming social feeds. The Chicago-based company aims to be the social destination for sports fans to get the real story from inside the stadium, whether they’re in the crowd…
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Let’s get this out of the way first. Yes, I am a guy. But, as my older sister and my girlfriend will attest to, I have been mercilessly stuck in enough wedding conversations to understand the daunting task that is planning a wedding. And yes, I have seen Jennifer Lopez’s Wedding Planner more than once….
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Justin Stewart and Jamie Hodari spent a good year and a half scouring office space in Chicago to open up Industrious. This year, they finally found what they wanted – a space in Chicago’s River North area with exposed brick, high ceilings, and big windows – the “New York feel,” says community manager Danielle Darah….
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Photo booths capture us at our best. When the curtain closes and we stuff the booth with friends, new or old, we are silly, fun, and free. But unfortunately, booking photo booths for events is expensive. Photoboop offers a more cost-efficient way for people to preserve memories at their next get-together, office party, wedding, or…
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Excelerate Labs became TechStars Chicago in February, and now the new accelerator is launching its first class. This is the first time TechStars has partnered with an existing accelerator, and for good reason: Excelerate was already one of the top 5 startup accelerators in the US. The program now offers startups three months of mentorship from…
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Digital business incubator Wavetable Labs launched today in Chicago. The incubator plans to recruit Founders in Residence (FIR) to help them identify and build promising new digital businesses. Wavetable’s core team will help these FIR evaluate new business opportunities, build new products, and launch and scale businesses. Many potential entrepreneurs, operating as seasoned executives or…
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Imagine you own a clothing shop, and you get a beautiful shipment of summer dresses. Floral patterns, bright reds and yellows, everything just screams to be bought. But if a dress appears on the rack and no one’s there to see it, does it make any money? Launching publicly today, Walkby is an iPhone app…
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Since edX launched last May, ten top universities have joined MIT and Harvard in offering free online college courses. Coursera delivers you content from over 50 other universities, Udacity offers college credit for some classes, and Udemy has a library of over 4,500 free courses. But – at least for courses filmed at universities –…
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Yesterday, the City of Chicago announced a curated Kickstarter page called Seed Chicago to feature projects that create jobs and improve Chicago’s economy. The page includes 11 Kickstarter projects focused on underserved neighborhoods, selected by economic development group World Business Chicago. For example, the Garfield Park Fresh Food Market hopes to improve safety in Chicago’s…
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CentUp is a little button with a big goal. When bloggers, musicians, or comedians put a CentUp button on their website, it encourages viewers to donate. But they aren’t the only ones who benefit – half of the proceeds go to charity. “It’s hard for content creators to ask their fans for compensation. This makes…
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When you sign up for an online dating service, it is generally a bad sign if you spend the majority of the time dating your computer. The whole point of online dating is to get out and meet somebody new, but that can be tougher than you think. Glen Andrianov, founder of OnlyADate, took his…
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If you can’t imagine picking a Chinese restaurant without reading the Yelp reviews, imagine trying to buy hundreds of dollars worth of business software without reliable guidance. G2 Crowd has created a Yelp for business software, where users post their reviews and ratings. Software gets updated all the time, explains marketing manager Molly O’Hare, so…
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For small restaurants, cooking fantastic food on a regular basis is difficult, but trying to fill seats and retain customers is a whole different issue. Many of these restaurants are cornerstones of communities, and Ola Ayeni, founder of Eateria, has made it his mission to help keep their doors open. “Independent restaurant operators and small…
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“Making the effort to be neat and organized is wasted unless you can easily find what you have organized,” CEO and cofounder of SafelyFiled Mark Snow explains. “After all, that’s the real purpose of organization.” Staying organized in real life is difficult, but trying to maintain control over a flood of documents on a cloud…
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Public transportation offers riders something that has become a premium in today’s fast-paced society: downtime. TransitChatter offers a solution for riders to better spend their time in transit. Founded by Samuel Pro and David Rogers, TransitChatter expands on current public transportation applications. TransitChatter supplies a forum for riders to anonymously vent and connect with other…
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Toast, the new iOS app for the nightlife industry that helps customers save money at bars by way of membership, took home the title of Chicago’s Hottest Showcasing Startup at last night’s Tech Cocktail Chicago Mixer. We caught up with Lakshman Mody to learn more about how Toast is taking the nightlife industry by storm.
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