People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Brian Balfour
Growth & Customer Acquisition specialist. Former EIR @trinity Ventures, Co-Founder of @boundless, @viximo.
Ira Weiss
Managing Director of @HydeparkVP and @HydePark Angels, Professor at University of Chicago @BoothThinking School of Business, and former partner at RK Ventures
Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Designer. Husband. Friend to startups. Maker of things. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music. Work: CXO @betable. Past: @threadless, @digg, @simplegeo.
Tim Hanlon
Founder/CEO, Vertere Group. Past Founder/MD Mediabrands Velociter (IPG). Past Founder/MD Denuo/VivaKi Ventures (Publicis Groupe); 20+ year ad/media veteran
Dana Severson
Founder at @chasm-io. Former writer for @adage-com and @fastcompany. Former Adman. Passionate about the future of collaborative influence.@angelpad Alum.
David Wieland
Angel; Founder: @rivs, InnFlux, iEstates, IrishAngels. @NotreDame, MBA @Kellogg
Tao Huang
Managing Partner, RangeLight
Harry Weller
General Partner at @new-enterprise-associates leading seed & early stage. Chairman of @harvard University Experiment Fund. Forbes Midas List.
Jeff Hyman
CEO of @retrofit
Brian T. Edwards
Disrupting status quo from forefront of innovation in biomedical informatics with @jcsilverstein and the HealthGrid.org team. I blog for @imedicalapps.
Len Kendall
Founder @centup - Digital Marketer - Writer - Expert at Nothing.
Alan Warms
@appolicious.com, AndroidApps.com
Mike Collett
Managing Partner @promus-ventures, @masters-capital-nanotechnology-1 • Worked @Masters Capital (hedge fund), @merrill-lynch (M&A)
Hunter E. Bradford
An average guy, living an awesome life.
Guy Turner
Managing Director at Hyde Park Venture Partners. Big fan of fast growth.
Bong Koh
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
David Wald
Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic
Kevin Willer
Chicago Angel, CEC, Xoogler, New World Ventures
Brad Keywell
Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank
Ryan Graves
Head of Operations @uber Board of Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship Biz Dev @foursquare
Gabe Greenbaum
VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital (f.k.a. New World Ventures)
Marina Dedes
Vice President at @lightbank, former consultant @duff-phelps , @university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign Engineering, born and raised in @chicago
Adam Koopersmith
Partner at New World Ventures Board Member Techstars Chicago
Jim Larrison
Co-Founder @dynamic-signal, live in Chicago area, early @ @comscore & @adify. Interests: Movies, Politics, NFL, Consumer Behavior, Social Media & Brand Marketing