With Chicago's history as a central trading and banking city, the biggest institutions have inspired a generation of talented, tech-minded financial professionals to build startups that use tech to solve the industry's biggest problems.
Although the processes for each company are different, the goal remains the same: finding the right product-market fit in order to give the company its best chance at success. Built In Chicago caught up with Ward, Ross and a few other industry experts around the city to learn more about the processes their respective companies went through.
Cultivating a mission-driven culture involves more than merely establishing a set of core values. See how these 14 Chicago tech leaders have successfully galvanized their teams around their company's mission.