Imagine a world where receptors are able to detect people coming into a place without the tracked person’s knowledge, perceiving and recording their motions every time they move. Big Brother …
Tesla Poised to Transform Auto Industry
In an industry that is not welcoming to startups, Tesla Motors is turning heads, taking on the big auto companies and leading us to a world with electric cars. For …
ESPN Reporter Adam Schefter on Rejection
Adam Schefter has regrets, like skipping his Medill graduation so that he could start his job at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer early, but he’s pretty content about where life has taken …
3 Up, 3 Down: Week of 5/10/13
This is the first installment of 3 Up, 3 Down, a quick review of the stocks that made waves in the previous week. 3 Up, 3 Down will appear every …
FWD.US Is Silicon Valley’s Headfirst Slide Into D.C.
While the Silicon Valley has been on the cutting edge of technological and economic advancement for quite some time, it has done so without having a significant presence in Washington, …
Berkshire Hathaway Meets with Shareholders
On May 4, 2013 Berkshire Hathaway held its annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Around 35,000 people were in attendance to take part in Warren Buffett’s remarks regarding his company …
John Romaniello Discusses Engineering the Alpha
John Romaniello (Roman, for short) is a self-made man. Literally and figuratively; the guy makes his living sculpting human beings, and is a paragon of Internet entrepreneurs. He makes a …
A New 1871: Chicago’s Digital Startup Community Booms
A New 1871 History remembers 1871 for the Great Chicago Fire, but the lasting legacy was the reconstruction that followed when innovators, architects and entrepreneurs flocked to the city. The …
Recapping the Third Annual Entrepreneur@NU Conference
On Wednesday, the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the third annual Entrepreneur@NU conference, an event that celebrates entrepreneurship at Northwestern and the greater Chicago community. This year’s theme was “Pivot …
Bluebloods of Higher Education Embrace Online Courses
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are quickly turning our dated education system into classrooms of tomorrow, and it doesn’t involve giving iPads to 4th graders. Top-tier universities, including MIT, Stanford, and Northwestern, …
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