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RT @Booth_Insider @BoothThinki…

Friday, May 4th, 2012

RT @Booth_Insider @BoothThinking: cool @Forbes piece showcasing start-ups from @polskycenter & Chicago @TechNexus http://t.co/swTbrD7M

Thanks Gov! RT @GovernorQuinn:…

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Thanks Gov! RT @GovernorQuinn: @TechNexus named among the top 10 US startup incubators by @Forbes http://t.co/hTWPv3Tb

Congrats to the 150+ startups …

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Congrats to the 150+ startups that have grown at Chicago’s TechNexus over the past five years… we celebrate the… http://t.co/LnqkVhmj

157 @TechNexus collaborators h…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

157 @TechNexus collaborators have raised $74m, currently employ 500 people, and current valuation >$600m http://t.co/bzIoqBN0

@TechNexus and our friends @Ex…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

@TechNexus and our friends @ExcelerateLab selected to Forbes top incubators and accelerators in America list http://t.co/swTbrD7M

@TechNexus selected by @Forbes…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

@TechNexus selected by @Forbes as one of Top 10 incubators in America. In print next week: http://t.co/EZuAKfJl http://t.co/RbuSeB1S

The thought I’m mindful of tod…

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

The thought I’m mindful of today: “A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.” – Desmond Tutu

@technexus crew out for a day …

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

@technexus crew out for a day at the ballpark! (@ Wrigley Field for St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs w/ 63 others) http://t.co/JbAYvAWK

The reasonable man adapts hims…

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to… http://t.co/SBwCYcV8

I spent the day today Chicago …

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

I spent the day today Chicago Tech Academy, sharing our story with guests and listening to the stories of our… http://t.co/zabM8ZFz

Featured Posts

Appreciating the teachers of Chicago Tech Academy

Grab a copy of this week's Forbes magazine for JJ Colao's great story about Chicago Tech Academy. It's fitting recognition for the school during a week the nation celebrates teachers:

Forbes is out with their list of Top Incubators and Accelerators in America, and it includes TechNexus. When we opened this facility five years ago, we did everything we could to avoid being called an incubator. The...

I’m 40, so my wide-eyed optimism has crow’s feet at its edges

Debuting my new Forbes column today; from my first contribution:
Am I getting too old for this entrepreneur’s game, maybe too cynical? Has my risk tolerance receded with my hairline? Have I become a midlife cliché after 25 years of being the youngest, most impassioned guy in the room? Screw all that. Everything is prelude. I’ve built some good organizations, but there’s still a really great company (or two or three) in me. I’ve know...

Chi Tech Academy featured in Inc Magazine

Nice write up by Christina DesMarais in Inc Magazine about Chicago Tech Academy:
If you think the next generation of start-up founders will hail from Stanford, Harvard, or some other university cranking out MBAs, you might want to expand your thinking. There’s a 3-year-old inner-city high school in Chicago—filled mostly with poor African American youth—grooming students who know how to think, act, and speak like entrepreneurs....

A shifting of my priorities…

I’ve been mostly silent for the past three weeks, and absent from community events. I’ve disconnected as much as possible from the routine, and shifted focus to my family. Here’s why… Four years ago, my 30-year-old sister Hilliary died after a courageous battle with a rare and insidious cancer. It was the f...