Technology

Tech In Chicago

Colin Keeley

Tech In Chicago takes you inside the Chicago tech world. Each week Colin Keeley is joined by Chicago’s top startup founders and venture capitalists to talk about the amazing companies being...

Episodes

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Helping Restaurants Make the Most of the Internet - Sterling Douglass & Justin McNally / Co-Founders of Chowly

Sterling Douglass & Justin McNally , Co-Founders of Chowly , a restaurant technology company that integrates third-party online ordering pla...

41:04Apr 24, 2020

The Cannabis Marketplace Bringing the Industry Online - James Yi / Founder of LeafTrade

James Yi is the Founder and CEO of LeafTrade , a startup building a wholesale ordering platform connecting licensed cannabis vendors and dis...

28:55Feb 5, 2020

Turning Data into Stories - Stuart Frankel / Founder of Narrative Science

Stuart Frankel is the Founder & CEO of Narrative Science , which translates all the data companies produce into digestible information. The...

52:08Dec 9, 2019

Selling a Bootstrapped Startup for $22M, Building a Marketplace, Manufactured Housing - Dave Bowen / CEO of Purchasing Platform

Dave Bowen is the CEO of Purchasing Platform , an online marketplace for real estate developers to buy products for their properties. Before...

40:44Nov 18, 2019

Future of Travel, Growth Hacking Instagram, Doing Things That Don't Scale - Konrad Waliszewski / Founder of TripScout

Konrad Waliszewski is the CEO and a co-founder of TripScout, a startup making a travel app that curates the best recommendations around the...

47:59Oct 28, 2019

Chicago's Next Consumer Unicorn - Steven Galanis / Founder of Cameo

Steven Galanis is the Founder & CEO of Cameo , a startup that allows you to book personalized shoutouts from your favorite people. Cameo has...

49:39Aug 20, 2019

The Free School Preparing Anyone for a Sales Jobs in Tech - Brian Bar / Founder of Victory Lap

Brian Bar is the Founder and CEO of Victory Lap , a sales bootcamp empowers candidates from all different backgrounds to find success in sal...

38:34Jul 25, 2019

From Dot-Com Bust to Late Bloomer Entrepreneur - Jeff Hunt / Founder of Snap36

Jeff Hunt is the Founder of Snap36 , a 360° product-photography startup that works with everyone from Amazon to small, family-owned business...

33:53Jun 21, 2019

Building a Valley Company in the Chicago Way / Brian Luerssen (CEO) & Tim Grace (COO) @ DraftBit & VCs @ LongJump Fund

Brian Luerssen is the CEO & Tim Grace is the COO of DraftBit , a startup building a new way to build cross-platform, native iOS and Android...

01:23:44May 26, 2019

Disrupting the Massive Commercial Real Estate Market - Tom Smith / Co-Founder of Truss

Tom Smith is the Co-Founder of Truss , a commercial real estate platform that helps small businesses find office space. You can think of the...

38:54Apr 9, 2019

BenchPrep's Amazing Turnaround Story - Ashish Rangnekar / Co-Founder of BenchPrep

Ashish Rangnekar is the CEO and Co-Founder of BenchPrep , a SaaS learning platform for education and training companies to create and delive...

01:09:19Feb 21, 2019

From Opera Singer to Founder of the Most Successful App Kickstarter Ever - Gabriel Wyner / Founder of Fluent Forever

Gabriel Wyner is the Founder and CEO of Fluent Forever , a startup that aims to help anyone learn a language quickly and remember it forever...

40:03Oct 16, 2017

What Is Chris Gladwin up to After Selling Cleversafe for $1.3 Billion? Building Ocient to Revolutionize Big Data Analytics

Chris Gladwin is the CEO and Founder of Ocient , a startup building software that enables sophisticated users of data to handle massive amou...

01:07:16Oct 9, 2017

Making Parents Lives Better with Healthy Kids Lunches & How a Porn Site Led to a Big Rebrand - Rebecca Sholiton & Nate Cooper / Wise Apple

Rebecca Sholiton and Nate Cooper are the Co-Founders of Wise Apple (formally Pak'd), a startup that delivers pre-made, customizable school l...

41:53Sep 13, 2017

Stanford to Chicago to Raising $9 Million and Reinventing Millennial Investing - Brian Barnes / Founder of M1 Finance

Brian Barnes is the CEO and Founder of M1 Finance , a startup making an automated investment tool that lets users put their money to work in...

27:27Sep 1, 2017

Creating the Next Corner Store in the Age of Amazon - Michael LaVitola / Founder of Foxtrot

Michael LaVitola is the CEO and Founder of Foxtrot , a startup that could be thought of as a curated cornerstore with on-demand delivery. It...

23:25Jul 29, 2017

Building a Platform for the $112 Billion Party Planning Industry - Julie Novack / Co-Founder of PartySlate

Julie Novack is the CEO and a Co-Founder of PartySlate , a startup building a two-sided platform that allows event professionals to share th...

28:37May 13, 2017

Helping NBA and NFL Players Sleep More and Play Better - Jeff Kahn / Co-Founder of Rise Science

Jeff Kahn is a Co-Founder and CEO of Rise Science , a sleep behavior change startup that provides sleep coaching for elite athletes. They ha...

34:10Mar 23, 2017

Revolutionizing Small Business Lending with Data & Technology - George Souri / Founder of LQD Business Finance

George Souri is the Founder and CEO of LQD Business Finance , a startup providing quick, convenient, and affordable financing to small and m...

44:38Feb 22, 2017

Troy Henikoff of Techstars on Crafting a Great Pitch, the Power of 0, Cycling, BB8, & Transforming Startups in 90 Days

Troy Henikoff is the Managing Director at Techstars Chicago, a Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners , and a Professor of Entrepreneurs...

50:00Jan 18, 2017