Startups

Jaspers’ animals win at preview show Jaspers First Lady 2332 won grand champion owned cow-calf pair at the 2012 Kentucky Junior Angus Preview Show onJune 14 in Louisville. Josh Jasper of Nicholasville owns the February 2010 daughter of S A V Net...

Even during the best of times, opening your own business is a gamble against the odds. Three out of every 10 new businesses fail within two years, and half are gone within five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. When the economy...

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...

Where My Dogs At is a new social networking app angled at dog lovers and their four-legged friends looking for local dog-friendly places to go and people to meet. Think Facebook for Fido, with a "Yelp for dogs" approach, built around a location-based...

Dropping out of college doesn't have to be a career setback. Just ask Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg — or Kevin Wang. Wang, 18, a Vernon Hills native and graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, is among this year's 22 recipients...

Chicago-based Tech Cocktail, a media company that covers news and organizes events for entrepreneurs, has raised $2.5 million in funding from an initiative led by Zappos.com Chief Executive Tony Hsieh. It's the first time Tech Cocktail has taken...

As Richard Hall and McGregor Madden traveled the country fitting clients with their high-end, custom-made suits, they noticed something strange — professional men yearning to look stylish nevertheless sported dress shirts with stains. Their young,...

Groupon Inc. said Tuesday it has started offering its point-of-sale system to all bricks-and-mortar businesses, building on an important part of its strategy to tackle every aspect of local commerce. The Chicago-based company has been getting deeper...

Groupon Inc. said Tuesday that it has started offering its point-of-sale system to all brick-and-mortar businesses, building on an important part of its strategy to tackle every aspect of local commerce. The Chicago-based company has been getting...

Financial data startup YCharts has raised $3.875 million in its third round of funding as it makes an aggressive play for institutional customers. The company, which is based in Chicago and New York, has now raised a total of $8.625 million. It last...

The number of jobs in Illinois' technology industry grew 1.6 percent in 2012, just outstripping the rate for the national tech sector, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation. The foundation, which is the nonprofit arm of U.S. industry...

At a time when many high-tech startups in Florida can't seem to raise a dime, a couple of 22-year-old entrepreneurs from Orlando have tapped a six-figure investment they hope will help put their young company on the map. In a little less than two years,...