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Published on April 08, 2025

2012 felt a lot like 1871

Anderson Chen Anderson Chen
Updated on April 08, 2025

2023 Will Be a Big Year For Data in the Windy City

Data science is one of the most in-demand jobs in tech. Built In Chicago sat down with three companies for the projects and culture that keep their data teams engaged and growing.

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 08, 2025

Catch Co. Raises $38M for Its Fishing Brand and E-Commerce Platform

The Chicago company’s revenue doubled from 2019 to 2020, and it is hoping this fresh funding will help it continue the momentum.

Updated on April 08, 2025

Frankie Muscarello, Jr.

Built In Staff Built In Staff
Updated on April 08, 2025

Engineers at the Heart of Innovation Share the Methodologies That Help Shape Emerging Products

Engineers are key players when it comes to bringing innovative ideas to life. Built In Chicago sat down with two of them to find out more.

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Hal Koss Hal Koss
Updated on April 08, 2025

Scaling a Meal Delivery Service in a Pandemic

It’s a food brand, a hardware startup, a logistics operation. In short, Tovala has to get a lot of things right at once.

Stephen Ostrowski Stephen Ostrowski
Updated on April 08, 2025

How This Software Company Minimizes Bumps Throughout the Customer Journey

How thoughtful discovery, sharing information openly and leveraging the power of cross-collaboration has helped create a feedback loop that works for the team at Showpad.

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Updated on April 08, 2025

Forced Entrepreneurship

Andreas Rekdal Andreas Rekdal
Updated on April 08, 2025

CTOs to know: Anthony Tassone on moving from Java to HTML5

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