Rocio Lane, CEO and Founder of Cleancio, is helping Airbnb hosts and vacation rental property managers save time and obtain a higher return on their investments.

From Wall-E to WarGames, there’s no shortage of films or pop culture references that highlight the dangers of modern technology. But despite what we’ve seen on the big screen, there are plenty of folks who are using technology for social good -- including the panel that presented at Part 3 of our Chicago Made series: Nick Sky, Co-Founder and CEO of ChangEd; Art Caines, Co-Founder and CEO of MaxGrad; Leeatt Rothschild, Founder of Packed with Purpose; Joel Pollick, Founder and CEO of Percent Pledge, and Kelli Haywood, Founder and Executive Director of Dream On Education.

Joel Pollick, CEO and Founder of Percent Pledge, which simplifies giving and charity for millennials and employees highlights why giving initiatives can help you engage, recruit, and retain a millennial workforce.

1871 member company Genivity, which provides clients with life-planning solutions, will pitch at Google Demo Day in San Francisco on March 28th. Each year, Google Demo Day brings a diverse group of startups from across North America to Silicon Valley to showcase their technology and meet investors and mentors. Startups are nominated by partners within the Google for Entrepreneurs Partner Network.

1871 is proud to announce that innovative, multi-national food company, Tyson Foods will join its community of over 100 companies, institutions, and centers of higher education as a corporate partner. 

1871 ranked first in the world in the 2018 UBI Global list of Top University-Affiliated Business Incubators and will be celebrated today in an international ceremony in Toronto. UBI Global utilizes an international research team that analyzes and benchmarks business incubators based on a wide range of factors, including their value to members and overall economic impact. 

Diversity and inclusion. You’ve probably heard those two words at the office more times than you can count. But in the modern workforce, buzzwords can become more common than practice and it certainly becomes easier to tout ‘McDiversity’ than to create an inclusive environment for all. At Part 2 of the Chicago Made series, Tom Alexander (COO, 1871) and Julie Felix (Manager of Diversity and Inclusion, Mesirow Financial) shared tactical tips to ‘break the ice.’

1871 joined Charles Schwab Tuesday to announce an all-day conference celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018 with free events, workshops, and panels to empower women in Chicago’s tech and entrepreneurial communities.

Nassim Abdi, Co-Founder of Docademia, is using film to capture and highlight the untold stories that are changing the world.

1871 is proud to serve as a media sponsor for Blockchain in Chicago: Kickoff To 2018, an event hosted by the Chicago Blockchain Project to discuss blockchain technology and its impact on business and society. The event will be held on February 22, from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. at Venue SIX10.