oh, chicago
Illinois is losing college students across the state.
Chicago Magazine analyzes the state’s ongoing population decline, including the newer phenomenon of shrinking college towns across Illinois. | learn more
oh, chicago
Railcar politics on Goose Island.
Railroad cars have long been a source of leverage and power over commercial adversaries. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly owned most of the tank cars in the US, which gave them power over the mighty railroads. Now, little known Iowa Pacific […]
thoughts of food
Memphis Meats raised money from some big names.
Cargill Inc., Bill Gates, and Richard Branson participated in a funding round for (yet another) company that’s working to create meats from cultured cells. This technology is important for a variety of reasons – ethical and environmental immediately come to […]
thoughts of food
New research in nutrition is in – fat is good again!
The results of a 7-year, 135,335 person study across 18 countries have been published. Like other studies, it points to excessive carbohydrates as the culprit behind early death, while exhonorating dietary fat. “As the fat consumption increases to a range of […]
better doing
Avoid being on the wrong side of right.
Maybe we’ve all been there – working on proving ourselves right rather than achieving the best outcome. This is a nice reminder about why we must avoid that! | learn more
retail therapy
Whole Foods price cuts brought 25% jump in shoppers.
Right after Amazon closed on its acquisition of Whole Foods, they made big news by slashing some prices. I think it was more a PR move than a retail strategy, and it apparently worked. Data from Foursquare Labs Inc shows […]
tech, startups, internet
On token liquidity.
Legal tech entrepreneur Preston Byrne digs into the implication of tokenization when real assets are involved. He attacks the idea that you can create liquidity out of a real asset just by tokenizing it. |learn more
tech, startups, internet
Samsung enters autonomous driving market.
The Korean conglomerate is setting up a strategic business unit to focus on the space. I love seeing more competitors jump into the fray of this major change in transportation. Maybe we’ll find that many investments won’t pan out, but […]
oh, chicago
Illinois spent $14 million on now-mothballed projects.
In case you’re interested in even more evidence of how our state has made poor fiscal decisions in the past. | learn more
fun facts
Why cow meat is beef, not cow.
I remember chuckling at a restaurant in Europe when the waiter said the burger was made of cow. It sounded foreign to my ear. I hadn’t considered how it came to be that we refer to animal meats by unique […]