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J.B. Pritzker calls for large businesses to work closer with startups

August 23, 2021 at 11:07 p.m.

J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire venture capitalist whose family founded the Hyatt hotel chain, called on corporations to work more closely with startups and become more familiar with the city's growing...

Chicago Community Trust encourages nonprofits to merge, form partnerships

August 23, 2021 at 10:56 p.m.

Chicago's largest donor to local charities also is helping some go out of business. During the past five years, the Chicago Community Trust has assisted more than 100 nonprofit organizations...

Henry Paulson turns career adviser at U. of C.

August 23, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson worked as a career coach Friday for University of Chicago MBA students. He started with the rather unhelpful, yet...

Chicago Infrastructure’s new CEO, Stephen S. Beitler, is ready to build on his past and city’s future

August 23, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

Stephen S. Beitler was a Green Beret, building roads in Panama, parachuting into harm's way and testifying on Capitol Hill. He took on strategic roles at Helene Curtis and later...

Alicia DiRago prepares to pitch her company Whimseybox to investors during Excelerate Labs' demo day last August. Excelerate is merging with national rival TechStars.

City’s top tech-startup incubator to merge with national competitor

November 3, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.

Excelerate Labs, Chicago's first and most prominent tech startup incubator, is joining TechStars, a Boulder, Colo.-based competitor that has expanded to five cities and boasts an international reputation for growing...

City’s top tech-startup incubator to merge with national competitor

December 23, 2018 at 11:58 p.m.

Excelerate Labs, Chicago's first and most prominent tech startup incubator, is joining TechStars, a Boulder, Colo.-based competitor that has expanded to five cities and boasts an international reputation for growing...

Harris: William Daley deals with ‘crazy hours, long days’ on trip to China

August 23, 2021 at 10:19 p.m.

William Daley called Wednesday from China about 11 p.m. Beijing time, saying "the crazy hours, long days and time lag" were "kind of getting to" him. Daley and World Business...

Pitching Chicago to China

August 23, 2021 at 9:58 p.m.

World Business Chicago Vice Chairman Michael Sacks and former Commerce Secretary William Daley leave Sunday on a six-day business mission to China, Sacks' first official foreign trip as a top...

Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project

November 3, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the...

Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project

December 23, 2018 at 11:47 p.m.

The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the...

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