Food Trucks Feed Lunchtime Crowds Via Social Media
The Bombay Wraps food truck, with its roaming platform of chicken tikka, lamb curry and steak boti would not exist without Facebook and Twitter. Its…
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Where Craft Beer is Brewing in Chicago
The walls of Maria’s Community Bar are lined with bric-a-brac, captured bass and a sample of co-owner Mike Marszewski’s doll collection. The bartenders are…
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Meet the Winner of the 2012 Chicago Lean Startup Challenge
John Pytel knew what it was like to go through 10 weeks in the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge competition. Last year, his company, GoSoapbox,…
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A Native Son Returns to Chicago After Facebook
Randall DeVaul, 29, is now one of the new Facebook millionaires with a fistful of crisp dollars and a newly focused ambition. Out in…
Read MoreHow This Cat Guy Got Funded on Sharktank
Steve Gadlin is mildly allergic to cats. But he can draw them (just barely). He likes the United States Postal Service, too. In the Internet Age,…
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Teen Tech Genius In Town from Silicon Valley
Former Pinterest designer, Sahil Lavingia, visited Chicago for the first time as the inaugural speaker of the Blackline Headliner series.
Read MoreHow These Young Women are Building a Company With Little or No Money
When Yoko Ihaza, now 20, was a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, in Chicago, she loved two things: rap and fashion. So last fall,…
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