Founders: Neal Sales-Griffin, Mike McGee Company Description: Starter League is an immersive, beginner-friendly programming school. Company Site: http://www.starterleague.com/, Facebook, Twitter Date of interview: November 2014 Neal Sales-Griffin is the CEO and co-founder of Starter League, a first-of-kind innovative and immersive programming school in Chicago. For Neal, the motivation, journey and vision of Starter League…
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Founders: Tiffaney Florentine and Kara Albert Company Description: Trodo is a health and wellness company that is creating functional fitness communities through corporate wellness programs, youth programs and league events. Company Site: trodo.org, Facebook, Twitter Date of Interview: November 2014 Tiffaney Florentine is a military vet, an American Gladiator contender, a CrossFitter and a certified…
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Founder: Mayank “Mike” Garg Company Description: Technology platform that streamlines the rental application processing life cycle Company Site: https://www.gozent.com Date of interview: October 2014 Mayank “Mike” Garg is the founder of Gozent, an on-line rental processing platform. He moved to the US from Delhi, India in January 2009 to study at Purdue University and moved to Chicago after…
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Founders: Arnav Dalmia, Shivani Jain, Ryota Sekine Company Description: FitnessCubed makes Cubii, an under-desk elliptical trainer with the goal of fighting the sitting disease common in today’s working lifestyle. Company Site: http://www.fitnesscubed.com/, Twitter, Facebook Date of interview: October 2014 Shivani Jain is the Chief Marketing Officer and one of three co-founders of FitnessCubed. While doing…
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Founders: Katie Hench, Christopher Flint, Lally Daley Company Description: Infiniteach is developing autism solutions through technology and training. Company Site: http://infiniteach.com/, Facebook, Twitter Interview Date: November 2014 Katie Hench is one of the 3 co-founders of Infiniteach, a company dedicated to changing the approach in Autism education through tools like SkillChamp, an education software that allows for…
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CEO: Claire Lew Company Description: Software that helps you learn something new and important about your company every week. Company Site: https://knowyourcompany.com/ Date of Interview: November 2014 Claire Lew is the CEO of Know Your Company. Claire and I talked for a good 20 minutes before I even asked her a real question. Turns out we both…
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Founder: Jeremy Klein Company Description: Last minute restaurant reservations Company Site: https://www.tablesavvy.com/ Date of interview: October 2014 Jeremy Klein is the original founder and member of the co-founder trio at Table Savvy. Jeremy grew up in Cleveland, went to Indiana University and did his MBA at DePaul in Chicago and is (that’s right, still is) a…
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Founders: Lauren Katzberg and Julia Carmona Company Description: Online platform that allows women to book in-home hair styling and makeup appointments from a network of vetted beauty professionals. Company Site: https://www.thestylisted.com/ Date of interview: October 2014 Lauren Katzberg is part of the co-founding duo at TheStylisted. After graduating from college, she went the management consulting route…
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Founder: Jimmy Odom Company Description: WeDeliver brings on demand delivery to neighborhood businesses. Company Site: http://www.wedeliver.us/ Date of interview: October 2014 Jimmy wasn’t my first interview, but I wanted to lead with him for a few reasons. Firstly, because it was this coffee date that gave me the idea of the site name. But other…
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