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Dan Zawacki

In 1987 Dan Zawacki founded a company called Lobster Gram out of his garage in Chicago when he was just 24. He was the first person to ship live lobsters as gifts and actually built the market for shipping seafood to homes. Dan and Lobster Gram were featured in Forbes, Fortune, Oprah, WSJ, USA Today, […]

The Ruskin Group

The Ruskin Group is an industry-leading international packaging company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (operations headquarters in Chicago, Illinois), with operations throughout North America, Asia, and the Middle East. The Ruskin Group is a world leader in sustainability, e-commerce, distribution, and logistics; and consists of three business units that supply a wide range of packaging and […]

Ryan Ruskin

Ryan is responsible for business development and general management for The Ruskin Group, a 126-year- old family packaging company founded by his great grandfather. The Ruskin Group is recognized as a world leader in sustainability and e-commerce packaging, and consists of three business units that supply a wide range of products, specializing in paperboard folding […]

Mike Wychocki

Mike has spent 30 years in marketing, advertising and business development and became the lead investor and head evangelist for EagleRail in 2014 after the sale of the marketing agency in which he was a senior partner. Mike travelled the world for 6-months seeking a new business venture that would have a positive and sustainable […]

Control The Control-Ables

BlueGrace Logistics is one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the nation with offices in 12 U.S. cities providing successful shipping solutions to more than 10,000 customers. Alisha Greenwald, the Senior Director of Client Strategy, helps clients navigate a dynamic industry that requires rapid and cost-effective responses to unpredictable market forces. In response to […]

BlueGrace Logistics

Founded in 2009, BlueGrace Logistics is one of the largest third-party logistics (3PL) providers in the United States. With over 500 employees and working with over 10,000 customers to provide successful shipping solutions, the company has achieved explosive growth in its nearly 10-year operating history. Backed by a $255 million investment by private equity firm […]

Remember Your “Why”

In the world of fast fashion, Robin Harris wants to appeal to an audience that favors quality over quantity. Model Atelier is a luxury e-commerce retail brand focusing on fashionable clothing exclusively for tall women. Harris, a former model herself, noticed a need for well made clothing for tall women, and jumped on the opportunity […]

ShopRunner

As the premier e-commerce network, ShopRunner offers its members free two-day shipping, free returns, and seamless checkout. Spending billions of dollars in the ShopRunner network in 2018, ShopRunner’s millions of members prove every day that retailers can attract the highest value customers by offering free, fast, and convenient login, shipping, returns and seamless checkout options. […]

Founder Katherine Darnstadt Talks About Her Open-Minded Outlook On Failure

Creating a new building type in a city with a thriving business culture like Chicago is no easy feat. Katherine Darnstadt is the Founder of Boombox, a company that provides prefabricated, climate controlled, pop-up storefronts constructed from upcycled shipping containers available to rent for short term, retail, cultural, community, and marketing experiences. Creating a new […]

Boombox, LLC

Boombox is a prefabricated, climate controlled, pop-up storefront constructed from an upcycled shipping container available to rent for short term, retail, cultural, community, and marketing experiences.