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By: Eric Wasowicz

Eric Wasowicz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:35:38 +0000

Chicago is a very vibrant technology community. Unfortunately, not many people around the rest of the country know that fact. I have received some good guidance from Fred Hoch and the Illinois Technology Association. This is my second startup.

Uwantsavings.com is an idea that came out of the Entrepreneurship program at Northern Illinois University and was funded by another YPO member, the former CIO of Greenbrier and Russel and myself.

We do have the lowest prices on the internet because we buy direct from the manufacturers and warehouse our products in a 420,000 square foot facility in River Grove (near the airport).

Thanks for listing us. Business is heading in the right direction in a very difficult economy.

Eric

By: Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:31:53 +0000

John -

Solid list, it will be exciting getting the founders of many of these startups together to start to build out the Chicago startup community from the ground up!

Cheers.
Ryan

By: Joe Piekarz

Joe Piekarz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:21:49 +0000

8 June 2009 – TimeXchange.net has improved its commerce and collaboration network for people who work in virtual project teams reporting. Version 3.0 was launched last week and includes a simplified navigation and new features such as a timer for project tasks and a more robust tracking of time submitted for approval. Version 3.0 was launched last week and includes a simplified navigation and new features such as a timer for project tasks and a more robust tracking of time submitted for approval. Additional third-party affiliates with tools such as mobile companion devices were also announced. Additional third-party affiliates with tools such as mobile companion devices were also announced.

By: John Fairley

John Fairley — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:11:03 +0000

Its great to see the Chicago startup scene growing and more importantly thriving. Thanks to FYIndOut, GrubHub & Avichal for commenting.

By: FYIndOut

FYIndOut — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:47:25 +0000

Hey John,

Thanks for listing us as well as all of the other great companies in Chicago. We appreciate it.

Scott

By: GrubHub

GrubHub — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:19:39 +0000

Cool. Thanks for listing us. I definitely agree with Avichal about the multi-city view. We have people on the ground in San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Philly now.

By: Avichal

Avichal — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:58:30 +0000

John,

Thanks for listing us.

Chicago definitely has a vibrant community that has picked up over the last few years. It’s also interesting to note that PrepMe (along with quite a few other startups on your list) have deep connections and offices outside of Chicago. Unlike NYC or Silicon Valley a lot of Chicago startups have a multi-city view and often have different functional offices in multiple locations.

It’s a unique type of way to run a startup and seems more common in Chicago.

Avichal