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Chicago is home to a handful of companies creating apps that help users make connections in the real world. Focus: Social Media 2.0
Like so many startup ideas before it, this one was born in a Starbucks by someone who'd just been laid off. Full Article
Nick Farina has met some of his best friends on airplanes. He's hoping JetZet will make it easier for fellow travelers to do the same. Full Article
Since the first meal a year-and-a-half ago, Grubwithus has expanded to seven cities and 30,000 users. Full Article
Five lost cellphones over the course of a year were the inspiration for a free online lost-and-found service that launched last month. Full Article
By: Lisa LeiterIt makes sense that a self-described introvert would build a company aimed at making it easier for professionals to talk face to face. Full Article
Cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito on what's behind the use of new technologies to bring people together in the "real" world. Full Article
By: Lisa LeiterOne Inc. is a prime example of a company that is using technology to help people connect in the real world. Full Article
SceneTap takes the guesswork out of bar-hopping with a real-time snapshot of what's going on at your favorite venues. Full Article
(Crain's) — Grant Achatz's Next doesn't take walk-ins or accept reservations. It sells prepaid tickets, and getting one is "harder than it is to get into Harvard."
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Chicago is home to a handful of companies creating apps that help users make connections in the real world.
Full ArticleLike so many startup ideas before it, this one was born in a Starbucks by someone who'd just been laid off.
Full ArticleNick Farina has met some of his best friends on airplanes. He's hoping JetZet will make it easier for fellow travelers to do the same.
Full ArticleSince the first meal a year-and-a-half ago, Grubwithus has expanded to seven cities and 30,000 users.
Full ArticleFive lost cellphones over the course of a year were the inspiration for a free online lost-and-found service that launched last month.
Full ArticleThe woman's club is fading as working women find it difficult to juggle it all. Will these social and philanthropic relics last?
Full ArticleTaking one of Chicago's top chefs to the woodshed is no enviable task, but in the case of Tony Mantuano's newest venture, Bar Toma, off we go.
Full ArticleBrace yourself for New York prices when it comes to a glass of wine.
Full ArticleJeffrey Steinberg became CEO of Weiss Memorial Hospital in September. Here's what the physician sees on his rounds.
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