For years, Chicago was the home of bakeries that produced products known around the country – Salerno Butter Cookies, Eli’s Cheesecake, Sara Lee Pound Cake, Reddi-Whip, and Hostess Twinkies. What made this area unique? Weren’t the same ingredients – eggs, butter, flour, milk, flavorings – available elsewhere? Was the labor force uniquely trained or skilled? Was the source of infrastructure to support the baking industry limited elsewhere?
Animated YouTube videos to educate people in underdeveloped countries about medical advances and a portable HIV test lab the size of a toaster are just two of the recent innovations that have come out of the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
Glen Tullman talks to Bloomberg TV about Bitcoin.
In his latest column on Forbes.com, 7wire’s Managing Partner, Glen Tullman, says traditional cash bonuses don’t really work and gives business leaders 5 alternative options to reward employees and energize them long past the holiday season.
7wire helps its portfolio companies put health into the hands of consumers with mobile tools that personalize health, management, healthcare, and the decision-making associated with it.As part of that we have defined the audience for these advanced tools and approaches to health—the Intelligent, Connected, Health Consumer.