Aug 8, 2011

We’re no Rebecca Black, but we think Thursday just became the new Friday. Thursday can thank the Tech.li team for boosting it’s street cred by kicking off ‘Tech.li Thursdays One’ with beer, pizza & start-ups. The first event of the new monthly series gathered startups, entrepreneurs, and passionate enthusiasts together to discuss what they’re...

Aug 3, 2011

Update: There are only 24 hours left to register for our new monthly series, TTO. REGISTER HERE. As we mentioned on tech.li yesterday, TODAY Tech.li launches its new monthly event series, TTO “Tech.li Thursday One” It takes place the 1st Thursday of every month and is a chance not only for startups to show off, but to have a discussion about where...

Jul 28, 2011

Think of all the teachers in your life. Whether learning a new sport or picking up a new hobby, there were probably numerous resources that helped you acquire your super stealth skills. MentorMob is a new startup that is centered around the idea of learning from crowdsourcing. Just like Wikipedia is for collective knowledge, Mentormob is all about collective...

Jul 23, 2011

Tech.li has confirmed through high-level sources in Chicago’s technology community that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will be signing two technology-oriented bills into law on Monday at Chicago TechWeek. This marks a major milestone for the Illinois tech scene. Senate Bill 107 strengthens Illinois’s commitment to supporting venture capital funds by...

Jul 13, 2011

AppsForMetroChicago.com is a new contest for App Developers based around getting apps developed that help the citizens of Metro Chicago go about life and they are awarding $50K in sweet, sweet cash to the teams that win in their three categories: Transportation, Community and the “Grand Challenge”. Each portion of the contest has different entry...