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Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Published on April 08, 2025

These 5 Chicago Tech Companies Raised September’s Top Rounds

Learn how the companies that secured last month’s highest venture funding rounds are investing their fresh capital.

Lucas Dean Lucas Dean
Updated on April 08, 2025

How Engineering Teams at 4 Chicago Companies Prioritize Clean Code

Software engineering leaders share which bad habits coders should avoid and why clean code is crucial.

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Jack Sutherland Jack Sutherland
Updated on April 08, 2025

One tip to increase productivity in college.. Whiteboards!

Jim Misener Jim Misener
Updated on April 08, 2025

Big Sky: 50,000feet Open House

Abel Rodriguez Abel Rodriguez
Updated on April 08, 2025

Techstars Chicago Announces Spring 2023 Cohort

Learn about the startups that will pitch investors at the 2023 Techstars demo day.

Nona Tepper Nona Tepper
Updated on April 08, 2025

How Sprout Social Scaled Its Product Team From 30 to 150

Rapid growth caused long meetings and lots of confusion. So Sprout turned to Spotify’s team structure for inspiration.

Adrienne Teeley Adrienne Teeley
Updated on April 08, 2025

The Engineers at ServiceNow Can See the Impact of Their Work. Can You?

ServiceNow, a workflow management company, has grown substantially since bursting onto the Chicago scene. “Only ServiceNow seemed interested in creating and maintaining a culture where I would thrive,” said Erik Nielson, a senior software engineer. 

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Abel Rodriguez Abel Rodriguez
Updated on April 08, 2025

TransUnion to Acquire NY-Based Verisk Financial for $515M

The deal is expected to close in Q2 upon which TransUnion will work on digitizing many of the company’s financial services and implementing them onto its web platform.

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