There are many perks of being a Microsoft employee – great health benefits ( 100% covered .. yeah, its awesome), flying everywhere to meet with fascinating startups, working with the smartest people in the world and with the most forward-thinking innovative company in the world. But most importantly to me, the best perk that comes with
As all of Chicago focuses their attention on innovation, we thought we would turn our spotlight on some of our very own local BizSpark innovators. Meet Innovative Exams – a Chicago-based startup revolutionizing assessment through their remote proctoring technology.
There was one group of speakers at CIW’s Tech & Web MegaTalk that stood out a bit. They weren’t media moguls, or designers, or founders of the next mobile marketplace. But within two minutes of starting their speech, the soft-spoken and seemingly unknown speakers had the audience on the edge of their seats and their
There must have been something in the air yesterday because as I looked around at the buzzing crowd, networking and dreaming outloud, I saw that everyone, both old and young, looked so ready, so eager. For what, I can’t say definitively but I can guess that just like me Chicago Ideas Week had made them excited and almost frantically
Tuesday morning those who attended Chicago Ideas Week had a chance to visit what TIME managing editor Rick Stengel called “the most interesting place in the universe - Bill Clinton’s mind.” For a little over an hour, Clinton spoke with Stengel on unemployment, national dept, the economy and of course – innovation.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel from Chicago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg from New York and Mayor Kasim Reed from Atlanta discussed education, jobs and the economy at CIW’s Mayoral Evening at the Oriental Theatre. In the roundtable Q&A moderated by the New York Times’s Thomas Friedman , the political leaders talked openly and honestly about the problems their cities are facing and the innovative needed to overcome them.
I took a few moments out of Chicago Ideas Week’s busy days and sat down with Howard Tullman, President and founder of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy (TFA) to talk about what TFA is and what Chicago Ideas Week means to him. Tribeca Flashpoint Academy is also a BizSpark Network Partner and is already producing amazing BizSpark startups.
A packed crowd gathered in Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art to listen to eight panelists discuss how to impact the world and your bottom-line. Chicago Ideas Week‘s sold out Social Entrepreneurship panel challenged the audience to harness their inspiration and start their own social ventures. We wanted to continue the social entrepreneurship conversation by taking a closer
i have been reading guy kawasaki’s new book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, and realized a few things about myself and how i approach not only my career, but life in general. recently, i was invited to speak at the university of chicago booth school of business entrepreneur group. those that
