Jim Dallke
Chicago Inno
Chicago, IL, United States
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Portillo's Now Has an App so You Can Get Your Italian Beef Even Faster
Portillo's wants to let you skip the line and order your Italian beef or Chicago-stlye hot dog right from your phone with a new iOS and Android app. Poplar Chicagoland fast-food chain Portillo's... → Read More
Chicago Inno Approved: The Startup Events You Need to Know This Week
Monday Open Data Science News Chicago is hosting a meetup Monday on analyzing city census data. Matt Coatney, a data scientist and VP Services at Exaptive, will discuss feature extraction and... → Read More
Best Football: Wilson X Connected Football Shows Passing Data
With football season right around the corner, Wilson Sporting Goods wants to give your backyard touch football game some high-tech equipment, and data to help throw a tighter spiral. On Monday,... → Read More
Chicago Tech Jobs: The 11 Biggest Chicago Tech Hires in July
This is our monthly feature where we recap the biggest tech hires in Chicago over the past month. Here’s our list of the top hires and promotions in Chicago tech for... → Read More
A Motorola Vet's New $100M Cable TV Startup Is Coming to Chicago to Take on Comcast
A well-funded cable TV startup is looking to take on traditional cable providers, and it's about to launch in Chicago to try and woo fed up Comcast customers. Layer3 TV, a Denver startup with $100... → Read More
Sprig Halts Its Food Delivery Service in Chicago
Food delivery service Sprig said Thursday that it is pausing its operations in Chicago and is laying off local employees as it makes a shift in its operational model. Sprig announced the news in a... → Read More
Opternative Partners With 1-800-Contacts to Bring Online Eye Exams to More Customers
Opternative, a Chicago startup aiming to disrupt the eye care industry with its online eye exam service, just landed a big partnership that could help get its technology in front of more users and... → Read More
Q&A With ContextMedia's Jed Cohen, Former Child Actor and Kevin's Cousin in Home Alone
The stories of child actors struggling to function as adults are as many as they are tragic. But not all child stars end up addicted to drugs or in and out of prison. After years in front of the... → Read More
Why ContextMedia Looks to Former Founders When Building Its Team
ContextMedia is one of Chicago's fastest growing tech companies. The bootstrapped healthcare media company has grown almost 3,000% in the last 5 years, and it did more than $63 million in revenue... → Read More
Company Benefits: Chicago Tech Companies With Awesome Perks
Ping pong. Free food. Unlimited vacation. Kegerators. Today, these aren't so much company perks as they are industry standard office features for tech companies. In the race to attract and retain... → Read More
LinkedIn Acquires Chicago Startup PointDrive
About a year ago LinkedIn started using Chicago-based PointDrive's sales software. And evidently the social networking giant was a very happy customer. LinkedIn announced Tuesday that is has... → Read More
After Selling Cleversafe for $1.3B, Chris Gladwin Unveils Ocient
Chris Gladwin sold his last startup Cleversafe for more than $1 billion, and it created more than 80 new millionaires after the company's exit to IBM. Now, the serial entrepreneur is back with a... → Read More
Chicago Inno Approved: The Startup Events You Need to Know This Week
Tuesday The 2016 Sage Summit will bring a handful of A-list celebrities to Chicago for a three-day business conference where attendees will listen to keynote presentations, network with fellow... → Read More
Redbox Parent Company Outerwall to be Acquired for $1.6B
Redbox's parent company is going private after being acquired by Apollo Global Management for $1.6 billion. Outerwall, the parent company of Oakbrook Terrace-based DVD kiosk maker Redbox and cash... → Read More
Eric Lefkofsky Launches Tempus, a Startup to Cure Cancer
Eric Lefkofsky, the founder of Groupon and one of Chicago's most influential tech figures, has donated millions of dollars toward cancer research during his life. Now, he's behind a startup that... → Read More
Can Redbox Digital Compete with Netflix and iTunes?
Redbox's DVD kiosks were once the most convenient way to rent a movie. Until, of course, Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Roku, Chromecast and others made it easier than ever to stream movies and TV shows... → Read More
Will and Jada Smith, Others Put $5.5M Into RedWave Energy
RedWave Energy Deal: $5.5 million Series B Investors: The round was led by the Energy Foundry, according to Blue Sky, with participation from Prime Coalition, The Blue Haven Initiative, Will and... → Read More
When Tinder Takes Your Idea: Tinder Social a Threat to Cliq?
It's a problem many startup founders lose sleep over: "What will happen if (insert Silicon Valley tech giant) starts to do the same thing as me?" Companies like Google and Amazon, with deep... → Read More
New Money: ReviewTrackers Raises $4M to Help Companies Manage Their Online Reviews
ReviewTrackers Deal: $4 million Investors: Led by American Family Ventures. What they do: ReviewTrackers gives companies the tools to manage their online reviews. The company's software allows... → Read More
Pritzker-Backed Dollar Shave Club Acquired for Reported $1B
Dollar Shave Club has been acquired by Unilever for a reported $1 billion, signaling a big win for the razor delivery company's investors, which include Chicago's Pritzker Group. Unilever... → Read More