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At Girls in the Game every girl finds her voice, discovers her strength and leads with confidence through fun and active sports, health and leadership programs. Girls in the Game empowers all girls to be game changers. Since 1995, Girls in the Game, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, has emerged as a leading girls’ health and […]
World Bicycle ReliefWorld Bicycle Relief is mobilizing people through The Power of Bicycles. Since our founding in 2005, World Bicycle Relief has provided over 400,000 specially designed, locally assembled, rugged bicycles to disaster victims, healthcare workers, students and entrepreneurs. We have also trained over 1,900 field mechanics. Compared to walking, bicycles represent an enormous leap in productivity […]
LuminAIDLuminAID is the world’s first creator of pack-flat solar lanterns and phone chargers. Durable, waterproof, and tested for extreme conditions, LuminAID lanterns are designed for camping, backpacking, kayaking, emergency prep, backyards, pools, and anywhere light is useful. Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork invented LuminAID’s solar lighting technology just after the Haiti earthquake in 2010. They […]
Andrea SreshtaAndrea Sreshta is a co-founder of LuminAID. Andrea previously worked in and studied design and architecture with an emphasis in project management. Andrea has an MBA from the The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. And she earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Master’s in Architecture from Columbia University prior to […]
F.K. DayFrederick (F.K.) Day is a long time Chicago businessman, entrepreneur and humanitarian. In 1987, Day, his brother Stan and some friends founded leading bicycle component supplier, SRAM Corporation. SRAM produces high-end bicycle components including drive-trains, brakes, suspension and wheels; brands include RockShox, Avid, Truvative, Zipp and Quark. Today, SRAM operates 20 facilities in the US, […]
CEO Chris Gladwin Talks Management Style, Human Capital And The Importance Of TimeOcient is solving the issue of analyzing big data. Ocient is a new clustered time series database and machine learning analytics platform that is designed to hold trillions to quadrillions of rows of data, ingress at speeds of tens of billions of rows per second, and filter & compute aggregate results at rates up to […]
OcientAccording to IDC, the amount of data in the global datasphere subject to data analysis will grow from 2016 to 2025 by a factor of 50 to 5.2 Zettabytes. During that same time, the portion of analyzed data in ultra-large databases of a Trillion or more active rows will grow from 7% to 70% of […]
President Larry Keeley: Treating Innovation As A Forensic ScienceAs the President and Co-Founder of Doblin, Larry Keeley has made it his mission to reveal the secrets to successful innovation. Doblin is a company of global innovators working at the intersection of human-centered design, research and business strategy to help organizations imagine and build new businesses. “Innovation should be treated in the same that […]
DoblinWe are global innovators working at the intersection of human-centered design, research and business strategy to help organizations imagine and build new businesses. Since 1981, we’ve pioneered the discipline of innovation and helped leading organizations navigate turbulent environments and thrive amid constant change. Through a combination of design, strategy, social science, and technology, we work […]
Larry KeeleyPresident and co-founder of Doblin Inc, Larry Keeley has worked for thirty-seven years to develop more effective innovation methods to help teams succeed at the boldest innovations they pursue. Doblin is a Deloitte business, where Keeley is a Managing Director. BusinessWeek named Keeley one of seven Innovation Gurus that are changing the field, and specifically […]