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How can we bring creativity back to the boardroom?

Illinois Enacts First Midwest Crypto Consumer Protections

Is Deep Tech Quietly Exploding in the Midwest?

Chamber of Commerce: 80% of small businesses using AI hired more staff

Why I Built Free Resources for Chicago Founders

Midwest Firms named in TIME’s annual ‘Top VC’ list

Founder Stories: Beth Hussey from Shifty

Why Chicago is pushing its chips all in on quantum

Chicago's Ocra raises $5m to accelerate AI‑led parking

Michigan Angel Collective: Speed of Entrepreneurship vs. Speed of Risk

Interview: Chris Thomas of Assembly Ventures on Reindustrialize 2.0

NSF awards $15 million to University of Illinois lab

Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy firm HistoSonics acquired for $2.25 Billion

The Summit for VC collaboration in the Great Lakes region

Midwest House Stories - Philippe Vella, Co-Founder of Start Midwest

Future in the Making Ep #2: Why US Manufacturing is coming back

Fundraising Q2, 2025: Illinois

Vote in the 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Survey

Midwest House Stories - Chris Luecke, Manufacturing Happy Hour

University of Chicago and IBM launch first Quantum Startup Accelerator.

An Interview with: Derrick Maultsby, Jr. on Black Tech Week

Future in the Making Ep #1: Detroit is where the future will be built

Lithium metal battery company Pure Lithium to relocate to Chicago.

Illinois commits $7 million to modernize tech incubators and boost innovation

Fusion Energy Takes Center Stage with FusionX: Great Lakes Roadshow

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The StartMidwest “Where Are We?” Survey

The Start Midwest University Rankings: 2025

In The Middle of Everything: "Will it play in Peoria?”

APFusion Raises $6.5M to Digitize Auto Salvage

The Midwest is a fundraising under-performer. What can be done to change that?

Chicago and Indiana startups lead with $25,000 AgriNovus Velocity awards

Does Brand Matter in B2B SaaS? Yes. That means even for YOUR startup.

A Fireside Chat featuring Scott Ryder of Flow at SxSW: Midwest House

If a Midwest startup raised $40m and no one knew, did it make a sound?