Here with @chitechacademy for …

Here with @chitechacademy for @futurefounders city wide business plan competition (@ Hard Rock Cafe Chicago) http://t.co/XziO5mPM

Last time North Carolina did t…

Last time North Carolina did this to constitution, my distant kin was involved. No less embarrassed today. http://t.co/FHhmivIm

RT @ChiTechAcademy: Entreprene…

RT @ChiTechAcademy: Entrepreneur education, brought to you by Chicago’s tech community, profiled in @Forbes http://t.co/NNCNthmz @technexus

There’s been no bigger booster…

There’s been no bigger booster for @ChiTechAcademy students than @ComptiaCEO School simply would not exist w/o you. http://t.co/G1zc6tYl

After just three years, the te…

After just three years, the teachers of Chicago Tech Academy have students learning at a rate of 2 to 5 times the… http://t.co/lM7r0pak

@ChiTechAcademy is YOUR startu…

@ChiTechAcademy is YOUR startup high school, Chicago! All the mentors and supporters help make it a success http://t.co/qh5Xi0SM

@JJColao keep your notes from …

@JJColao keep your notes from this article http://t.co/NLrvYFrk – story these kids are writing for themselves just getting started

The success of Chicago Tech Ac…

The success of Chicago Tech Academy really traces to the incredible teachers and the way they have welcomed and… http://t.co/KTlj1nj1

Hey @arneduncan – your help fo…

Hey @arneduncan – your help four years ago enabled @ChiTechAcademy success, check @forbes mag this week http://t.co/G1zc6tYl

Grab this weeks copy of @Forbe…

Grab this weeks copy of @Forbes from the shelf and check out Chicago Tech Academy http://t.co/6DRs2eNL

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Local news interviews spokesmen about schedule for various organized protests by “anarchists”. Like 4 problems with that sentence.


May 16th, 2012

Agreed! RT @imjusX: @terryhowerton I would love more schools like this in inner city neighborhoods across country http://t.co/N75gPfTl


May 14th, 2012

@Tamssot Orion cooker is dead simple… load it, light it and leave it alone… Though I do admire your Egg ;-)


May 13th, 2012

Favorite BBQ tool, my trusty Orion cooker, loaded with pork shoulder & cherry wood chips… Now some ridiculous… http://t.co/c1PuaPZx


May 13th, 2012

http://t.co/8VkNxci5 Favorite BBQ tool, my trusty Orion cooker, loaded with pork shoulder & cherry wood chips http://t.co/lVYowd5C


May 13th, 2012

Finishing a nice @ITAbuzz CityLIGHTS event with 800 friends at Union Station, and of course, After Glow party at the W.


May 11th, 2012

Hanging out with @chitechacademy students and Adrian Gardner, the CIO of NASA! #hellacool [pic]: http://t.co/nhvCyUYs


May 10th, 2012

Indeed!


May 10th, 2012

In today’s mail @Forbes mag and story about Chicago’s startup high school @ChiTechAcademy, or just go read it… http://t.co/2MWNpOOP


May 9th, 2012

RT @GenesysWorksCHI: Congrats to our “first home” @TechNexus named one of Forbes’ Top Startup Incubators! http://t.co/swTbrD7M


May 9th, 2012

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Appreciating the teachers of Chicago Tech Academy

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 names TechNexus to list of top incubators in America

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

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

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…

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...