Founder: Nicole Yeary Company Description: Membership organization that connects and helps business and technology women entrepreneurs Company Website: http://ms-tech.co/; @MsTechGroup; Facebook Date of Interview: July 2015 Nicole Yeary is the founder of Ms. Tech, a membership organization that helps business and technology women entrepreneurs collaborate, network and ultimately invest in each other. On learning the…
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Profile: Elizabeth Peterson, Eastwood Group Company Description: Payment integration consulting and FinTech software product development Website: http://www.elizabetheastwood.com/; @Chitownlizzy Date of interview: October 2015 Elizabeth Peterson is an artist, an entrepreneur, a mother, a seeker of truth and continuous improvement. She started her education in arts and fashion, but ended up with a career in financial technology; and…
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Founder: Siva “Shiv” Rajendran Company Description: Creating portable affordable power from recycled electric car batteries Company Site: http://totuspower.com/; @TotusPower Date of Interview: June 2015 Shiv Rajendran is a car enthusiast, an engineering enthusiast, and a possibilities enthusiast. After achieving his short-term corporate goals, he realized that none of his passions had any place in his…
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Founders: Jason Kunesh, Dan Ratner Company Description: Software company that helps organizations connect with civic supporters to raise money, inspire involvement and build community Company Site: https://publicgood.com/; Twitter Date of Interview: June 2015 Jason Kunesh is the co-founder and CEO of Public Good, a software company that helps organizations connect with civic supporters to raise…
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Founder: Riana Lynn Company Description: Technology platform that uses big data and small business user profiles to link food distributors, local farms and specialty food manufacturers with wholesale food buyers. Company Site: http://thefoodtrace.com/; Twitter Date of Interview: February 2015 Riana Lynn is the CEO and Founder of FoodTrace, a software company that provides digital discovery…
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Founders: Eliad Inbar, Yevgeniy Kuznetsov Company Description: Interactive software that adds size, look and feel context to online retail shopping Company Site: http://tangiblee.com/; Twitter Date of Interview: December 2014 Eliad Inbar is the co-founder of Tangiblee. He came to Chicago last summer after Tangiblee was accepted to the 2014 class of Tech Stars. Eliad believes he is…
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Founder: Rajesh Karmani Company Description: Zero Percent is a technology platform that connects food retailers with food charities to donate and pick-up food surplus in a simple, reliable and safe way. Company Site: http://zeropercent.us/, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Date of Interview: November 2014 Raj Karmani came to the United States from Pakistan to study Computer Science….
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Founder: Jay Savsani Company Description: Online platform that brings hosts and guests together over home-cooked meals around the world. Company Site: mealsharing.com, Twitter, Facebook Date of Interview: November 2014 Jay Savsani used to build startup MVPs for other people’s dreams. “When people ask me if Meal Sharing is my first startup.. I’m like, ‘It’s…
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Founders: Neal Sales-Griffin, Mike McGee Company Description: Starter League is an immersive, beginner-friendly programming school. Company Site: http://www.starterleague.com/, Facebook, Twitter Date of interview: November 2014 Neal Sales-Griffin is the CEO and co-founder of Starter League, a first-of-kind innovative and immersive programming school in Chicago. For Neal, the motivation, journey and vision of Starter League…
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Founders: Arnav Dalmia, Shivani Jain, Ryota Sekine Company Description: FitnessCubed makes Cubii, an under-desk elliptical trainer with the goal of fighting the sitting disease common in today’s working lifestyle. Company Site: http://www.fitnesscubed.com/, Twitter, Facebook Date of interview: October 2014 Shivani Jain is the Chief Marketing Officer and one of three co-founders of FitnessCubed. While doing…
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