Leave your kids with someone else
Sitter City is an app. Download it. Get a sitter. Oh wait you’re a sitter? Get a job. Sit something. Maybe a kid. Maybe a child. Maybe a baby. Maybe yourself. Get psychological about it. Sitter City.
The Sparkl fairy will come wash your car
Have someone swing by and wash your car in an eco-friendly, waterless manner. Lisa Souter is the founder of on-demand car cleaning service Sparkl. After growing annoyed with a dirty van and having three kids, Souter had the idea to build an on-demand car cleaning service. Find out how she balanced parenthood and building an…
Put data to work for you
Sonny Garg uses data to determine when a wind turbine is going to fail. Uptake is a predictive analytics company that mines all the data out there to determine when a machine might fail and protect companies from loss. Garg is the Energy Solutions Lead for Uptake.
Getting on TV made easy with UPshow
Adam Hirsen is mixing the old media like TV with the new, Instagram, for his business UPshow. How the marketing platform works is that it allows photo takers to share pics with the bar to be displayed on the bar’s TVs live. Showbiz Shelly joins Scott Kitun to discuss the latest celebrity-tech news.
Chicago housing forecast: downtown growth will ramp up
Thad Wong is the Co-Founder of the largest independent real-estate broker in Illinois. @properties has been striking property deals for years, surviving the 2007 crash. Wong has watched the evolution of Chicago’s population closely. Hear about his perspective on how you can expect Chicago neighborhoods to transform in the coming years.
Wait, finance can be fun?
Ken Thompson is on a mission to get startup people to care and have actual fun with financial dealings. Thompson is the founder of Level X Consulting and helps business folk understand the drivers and basic concepts behind the money that’s moving their company.
A little Peanut Butter goes a long way in combating student debt
Back in the beginning, Peanut Butter Founder David Aronson lived off peanut butter. That memory was the inspiration for naming his student loan relief company. The national student loan debt is surpassing $1.3 trillion now and Peanut Butter allows companies to help with employee burden. Host of the Feed and student debt holder Sean Froelich…
This is why you need “bad” feedback
G2 Crowd CEO Tim Handorf recently raised $30 million in series B funding for a company he sparked during a conversation at a Cubs game. His company is a B2B system that brings your business authentic user reviews. Bad reviews can help you assess issues, limit risks, and get working in the right direction.
These Chicago vets are turning Afghani farmers from opium to saffron
Rumi Spice was founded by three veterans who made a combined nine deployments to Afghanistan. In their time overseas, they learned about the life and agriculture surrounding saffron, one of the most expensive spices in the world. Director of Product Development Laura Willis and Co-founder Keith Alaniz are investing in Afghani women and agriculture and…
“Zen” up your morning coffee ritual
Designer Craighton Berman launched Manual, a design studio celebrating the art of food and drink. Berman’s motto is take it slow, and his startup journey has been one of patience. He currently designs drink products that bring a meditative process to your morning coffee. Special Guest Showbiz Shelly joins Scott Kitun.