Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee , a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. Walling reported from Chicago. It’s a problem that has long littered the landscape in Kampala, the capital, where buveera are woven into the fabric of daily life.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

At that time, the app offered local news coverage in 12 cities, including New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, and more. But today, Amazon says it’s expanding local news to “88 major cities” across the US, “including popular local stations from news distributors such as ABC Owned Television Stations, CBSN, TEGNA, Cox, The E.W.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. You can find them on startup networking websites, many of which post job opportunities (Chicago has its own local listing, such as BuiltInChicago.org ).

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

news organizations, specifically local news outlets, have been rapidly dwindling. The COVID-19 pandemic brought more challenges for the industry, as demand for local news grew but revenue and outlets shrank. MacArthur, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations have recognized the importance of a vibrant local news ecosystem.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Gordon Dymowski has been practicing community organizing through field trips in Chicago. Don’t be afraid! Thursday, August 8.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

We first met the Chicago-based company and its founder and CEO Vitaly Alexandrov last year when we reported that Food Rocket launched in the Bay Area , going up against the likes of Amazon Fresh, DoorDash, Instacart and Gopuff, which is no easy feat given each of the company’s footprint. “We We are creating new habits of customers.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Elon Musk told Miami’s mayor Friday that The Boring Company could dig a two-mile tunnel under the city for as little as $30 million — a fraction of the $1 billion price tag once quoted by local transit officials. Other attempts have not gone so well, like a failed project in Chicago and a canceled tunnel in West Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

We last looked in on Chicago-based Foxtrot in early 2020, just before the world was shook by the global pandemic. It had secured $17 million in a growth round and was offering customers the option to buy in-store or order online for delivery and had retail stores in Dallas and Chicago. Foxtrot, in our minds, is rare,” he added.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. . Catering to local needs is often a good way to enter the market, especially when your closest competitors have not yet penetrated. Of course, this applies to the real world as well.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Chicago, IL: June Field Trip Part Two: “Crowdfunding & Events” Thursday, June 27. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Interested in learning more? Event Reports. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our neighborhood.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Shop Local is a trend picking up speed this holiday season. Will Blog Local be far behind? The fabulous social change blog, WorldChanging , is celebrating the publication of their 600-page book, WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century , by launching a network of local WorldChanging blogs. worldchanging local blog

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

meat market with a marketplace connecting local, regenerative farms in the 99 counties of Iowa to consumers purchasing boxes of beef, pork and poultry. 99 Counties coordinates all of the processing, transportation and marketing so that farmers can focus on raising livestock and consumers can order meat from local farms within a day’s drive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders--I've started posting over at WorldChanging: San Francisco about local WorldChanging happenings. I wrote the post below for them, but thought I'd post it here too 'cause Shop Local First Week is a national program. Want to support local businesses in the Mission and save money?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

We are all so excited that Julia Smith has found a new opportunity to advance her career that allows her to work offline, in a real office, with other humans in Chicago. We are, of course, sad that it means the NTEN office hasn’t moved to Chicago to be with her. She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

So far, it has backed 21 entrepreneurs in its local Chicago area and plans to expand across the U.S. Fifth Star Funds seeks to tackle this issue by positioning itself as the first “friends and family round” fund for Black founders. It writes checks worth up to $25,000, slightly higher than the $23,000 average.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The first 200 lift zones have been selected and will include BUILD in Chicago, the Harvey Johnson Community Center at Union Baptist Church in Baltimore, the Olney Recreation Center in Philadelphia, the Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County in Trenton, and the Sanneh Foundation Distance Learning Hub in St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many of you, especially those in greater Chicago, may be familiar with the Data Analysts for Social Good group that Andrew Means founded in May 2012.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Event Reports. Wednesday, June 12.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

I was born and raised in suburban Chicago to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. Most of my extended family immigrated to Chicago Chinatown and have called it home for the past 50 years. Unwilling to sit by and watch, I took action in my local community by patrolling San Francisco Chinatown with Asians in America, Inc.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

It will join campuses in Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Northern Virginia, with five more domestic locations in development. Aligned has over 5,000MW of data centers in the planning and design phase or under construction. Aligneds acquisition of Sao Paulo-based Odata last year expanded its footprint throughout Latin America.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. The most recent startup, Pyxis Oncology , was spun out of the University of Chicago.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s still a bit of a legal maze, but more cities are coming around to the idea of letting local home chefs bring in more income by selling homecooked meals to those nearby. Because of varying local laws, Shef works a bit differently from market to market. IoT and data science will boost foodtech in the post-pandemic era.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Many prizes, like dinners at local restaurants or passes to a popular regional attraction, may be donated by sponsors. A large event may be able to afford to offer an iPad as a prize, while a smaller event might look for a dinner donated by a local restaurant. How Much Should I Spend on a Prize? 5 Proven Tips for Success.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. In February, several national and Chicago-based organizations banded together to support early-stage Black and Latinx tech entrepreneurs through a new program dubbed TechRise. The motivation behind the project is straightforward.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2022

A small fact about me is that I went to school in Chicago, and thus I was in and around the city’s tech scene as a baby journalist. Back then there was a community effort taking off called Technori , which hosted events that showed off local tech efforts. Technori finds a new home. It was good fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2009

  The hope is to encourage people to volunteer in their local communities, not just for a day, but in a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans. Art grabs people who don’t necessarily read the local paper. We do our local thing, but in a national context”.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

How to watch the Oscars live without cable in 2025 For those with cable or over-the-air TV, you can tune your TV to your local ABC station or watch online via ABC.com or the ABC app by logging in through your pay TV service provider. Unfortunately, since ABC is a local network, it's only available in some local markets.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

Sharing by the numbers in the USA - Check out this report and the accompanying data figures from USA Today - some spotlights include: 14 million Americans are employed by or volunteer full time in the nonprofit sector; and the Chicago Meals on Wheels program is cutting its budget by 35%.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local. State/Local.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

When I relocated from Chicago to Tampa in early 2018, I found myself in a city that countered the stereotypes I’d heard about the state. Do you need to be local to a target customer base or community? With this in mind, you can begin to establish the kinds of local connections you’re hoping to grow before you make any big moves.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Good: “Since you’ve donated to the Chicago Food Bank in the past, I wanted to send you this letter to thank you for your past gift and to share a little about how your donation made a difference. Better: “This time last year, you made a gift of $150 to the Chicago Food Bank’s Stock Up for Spring campaign. A letter signed by “Alice K.”

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Why Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Sun-Times are exploring a merger The Chicago Sun-Times needs help. Chicago Public Media, which owns the radio station WBEZ, is currently in talks with the Sun-Times to merge. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. WBEZ reaches 550,000 weekly broadcast listeners.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Google has kept nonprofit marketers on their toes with iterations of Panda and Penguin , a new algorithm called Hummingbird , and in late July a local algorithm called Pigeon. Pigeon is an update to Google’s local search algorithm , which dictates geo-sensitive search engine results. Nonprofits are not the only busy bodies in 2014.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Elon Musk’s Boring Company just won approval from local officials to move forward with building a network of vehicle tunnels underneath Las Vegas. Some of the company’s efforts to dig in other places have fizzled, like in Chicago , Los Angeles, and the Northeast corridor.

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