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Introducing 1871’s Sports & Entertainment Innovation Summit
🎤 Keynote: Jaime Faulkner, President of the Chicago Blackhawks
🚀 Presale LIVE — save $50 thru 1/29
💡 Founders apply by 1/13
🔗 bit.ly/4s0WyXd
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Congrats to longtime 1871 member and partner @Digital4Startup for being named to the 2025 Inc. Power Partner Awards, honoring companies that go above and beyond to support entrepreneurs and business growth.
Learn more: inc.com/power-partner-awards
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🚀 Big news! Indie Rooftop is LIVE 🎶📺
Congrats to 1871 member Jasmine Allen + Perfect 10 Pictures for launching a bold new streaming platform celebrating independent musicians + original storytelling.
Start streaming now 🔗 indierooftop.com/
#IndieRooftop #1871Member
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What are the biggest organizational challenges in adopting AI? How do you cultivate a culture that welcomes AI as an enabler, not a threat? We’re tackling these big questions on 9.16 :luma.com/irv65393
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Gear up for Lollapalooza with a pre-festival tech immersion during TechChicago Week on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Experience sounds from All Love Chi on our rooftop, where innovation meets festival fun against the backdrop of the Chicago skyline.
Register: lu.ma/zn6woxwi
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Gear up for Lollapalooza with a pre-festival tech immersion during TechChicago Week on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Experience sounds from All Love Chi on our rooftop, where innovation meets festival fun against the backdrop of the Chicago skyline.
Register: lu.ma/zn6woxwi
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Speaker spotlight 🔦! Meet some of the Chicago sports executives (and a hint of Miami) who will be taking the stage at the Consumer Tech Innovation Week — Sports & Entertainment Day.
Register: bit.ly/4jtQQHK
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RSVP for Tech For Good Innovation Week, three days of hybrid, curated events designed specifically for founders in the FoodTech, Health Tech, and Climate Tech industries!
Learn more and register today: loom.ly/klyyBoU
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Meet Reva Minkoff, 1871 member of 13 years and Founder and President of @Digital4Startup! Check them out: loom.ly/3sc9iQs
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RSVP for Tech For Good Innovation Week, three days of hybrid, curated events designed specifically for founders in the FoodTech, Health Tech, and Climate Tech industries! Learn more and register today: loom.ly/klyyBoU
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ScaleUp is the ultimate half-day conference. The strategies you’ll unlock and the connections you’ll form will benefit your career for the long term. Take advantage of this opportunity and join us at ScaleUp 2025 — your future self will thank you.
RSVP: bit.ly/40OAcLT
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Last week, I sat down for a fireside chat at the Emerging Tech Innovation Summit, where I discussed how @Vaulta_ is pioneering Web3 Banking and our vision for integrating blockchain with traditional finance.
Thank you @1871tech for hosting and looking forward to more insightful discussions.
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Introducing the ScaleUp 2025 keynote speaker,
@AlexAtHallow! In 2018, Jones Co-Founded Hallow, a prayer and meditation app that has since garnered over 22 million downloads, 100,000 five-star reviews, and raised over $105 million in funding.
RSVP: bit.ly/40OAcLT
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1871 Member news alert! @Whitetuque's CEO @LauraPayne is emceeing the first-ever Financial Services Summit at BlackHat Asia 2025!
Are you attending BlackHat Asia 2025? Connect with Laura this week in #Singapore!
Interested in becoming an 1871 member? bit.ly/3Q6OceK
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🚀 Huge shoutout to @ClearCOGS on closing their $3.8M seed round!
Transforming restaurant ops with AI, they've stayed laser-focused on solving real problems.
This is what startup success looks like. Onward! 👏🔥
#ClearCOGS #RestaurantTech #SeedRound #Startups #ChicagoTech
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🚀 Just launched! Congrats to KeyCurrent.io, the sister product of Perofrator.io, for simplifying SaaS onboarding + enterprise demos—no code, no delay!
🔗 Read the press release: bit.ly/keycurrent-launch
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Member news alert! 🚨 Check out the latest news from Crush Dynamics about ranking #109 on the 2024 FoodTech 500 list!
loom.ly/5phBKFQ
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Congrats to Sizl on raising $3.5M to scale its cook-to-order food delivery model across the U.S.
🚚🍽️ Built by the team behind Local Kitchen, Sizl is redefining fast, fresh, and affordable meals.
Read more 👉techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/si…
#FoodTech #ChicagoStartups #VentureCapital #1871
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RSVP for the 8th annual ScaleUp conference — a half-day event designed to make you a stronger leader and help you scale your career and company.
Presale ends April 23, members attend for free: bit.ly/40OAcLT
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Meet Sierra Clouse, co-founder of Barclo Venture Studios and featured speaker at the Emerging Tech Innovation Summit!
Don’t miss her conversation@ 1871 on April 16: bit.ly/40IEaWd
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