May 22, 2013Grubhub/Seamless Merger: A Good Thing for ChicagoI am sure that many of you saw the news that GrubHub is to merge with Seamless. Anytime there is a merger of such size, there are lots of...
May 16, 2013Chicago Tech Jobs Growth: It’s Even Better Than ThatIt’s great to see the recent CyberStates Report that Illinois’ technology industry is increasing jobs at a rate higher than the national...
Mar 15, 2013The App Economy: Driving Illinois Technology Economy in New WaysOver the past few years, much has been made of the evolving “App Economy” but what does it mean it for Illinois? Frankly, a lot and a lot...
Jul 13, 2012Are We Failing to Fail?The greatest attribute of the technology industry is that failure is appreciated. There are very few places in the world where it’s a...
Jan 21, 20122012: A Year About Growth BusinessHappy New Year! The New Year reminds us to both reflect on what was accomplished in the last year and what lies ahead. In both cases...
Aug 18, 2011Addressing the Talent Gap in Chicago: Use, Manage, BUILDAs the technology industry gains prominence in Chicago, I seem to be getting asked more and more about what we need to do to address the...