CEO of Obie. Insurance tech has been an industry ripe for disruption with a slew of companies like ClearCover, CoverWallet, Kin and Vouch making waves recently. Obie, a combo insurance brokerage and risk management platform is geared to join the fray by focusing on serving real estate investors from multiunit to single family residences (SFRs).…
In-home gyms are having a moment right now. Having a safe, convenient space for fitness is a game changer. And for entrepreneurs who work 24/7, the flexibility to work out on your own time is invaluable. Piggybacking off the home fitness trend is Tonal, which is a tech-enabled solution for strength training. It…
How does a big corporation with a 160-year-old brand invest in the future? Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual spends a lot of time and resources building its entire brand around people. At the same time, we’re in a world where tech is central to just about everything. How do they innovate while still putting people…
As MicroVentures brings fee-free investing to the equity crowdfunding community, other platforms will either evolve or become dinosaurs. Once other crowdfunding platforms follow suit, it will make the small-business investment community a more welcoming place. MicroVentures, an online venture capital platform, has lit a fire under the equity crowdfunding community — and it might…
Chicago Blend survey confirms VCs are, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly white and male. It’s no secret that tech and venture capital, like most industries, are suffering from a lack of diversity within their ranks. Insiders and outsiders alike have been exposing the negative consequences of that homogeneity, from Susan Fowler’s memo on Uber’s toxic culture, to…
Technori takes equity investment to launch Technori Co-op, a non-traditional startup incubator, focused on disrupting how startups are launched and funded. DV Partners, led by SMS Assist Founder and Chairman Mike Rothman, today announced a seven figure investment in Chicago’s largest and most active startup platform, Technori. The funds will be used to expand…
ISAC has been around for 60 years, and it has just won Most Effective IT Team award for the second time, being the first state agency to do so. CIO Ramnath Cidambi joins the show to talk about how ISAC has stayed relevant and how they help low-income students flourish. Sean Froelich fills in for…
Scout Alarm Founder David Shapiro offers a new breed of home security. Shapiro was unimpressed when he saw the offerings on the market. They were too complicated. The other problem is that the majority of people do not have home security. Scout puts users in the driver seat allowing them to personalize their security system…
Crowdspring CEO Ross Kimbarovsky was tired of lackluster web design offered by expensive firms. So he democratized the industry by allowing young artists sell their work to businesses needing design services. The rest is success. Listen to this episode of Technori LIVE on WGN Radio: Crowdspring gives artists a foot in the door
Boycotts against Google ads could hurt your favorite YouTuber. Also, Facebook will allow users to personally fundraise in a time of crisis, the move may bring much needed help. But the idea is making others squirm.