We’re excited to share a memorable Q&A session with Steve Dolinsky, one of Chicago’s most well-known food reporters -- you probably know him better as The Hungry Hound on ABC7. In this interview with 1871’s Kat Rokhlin, Dolinsky shares his thoughts on Chicago’s best eats, entrepreneurship, and his new book, Pizza City, USA: 101 Reasons Why Chicago Is America's Greatest Pizza Town.

With this year's Women's History Month coming to a close, we wanted to celebrate by highlighting some timeless books hand-picked by women from the 1871 community. From entrepreneurship to   empowerment, the pages in these must-read books are filled with knowledge, inspiration, and wisdom.

Tomer Yogev, Chief Synergist and Innovator Coach at TandemSpring, shares a look at the well-known gender gap in the startup community and offers some advice on what men can do to show their support. Read more to learn more about DyMynd Angels' new Got Her Back campaign and hear Yogev's thoughts on how men can help improve gender parity in the business and entrepreneurial community.

Cate Costa is the Founder of Venture Catalyst Consulting, which helps business owners and entrepreneurs build successful, sustainable companies and assists organizations that support those business owners to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems and effective entrepreneurship support programs.

1871 is excited to announce the launch of its Chicago Blockchain Initiative, a program that will expand its blockchain offerings with specialized workshops, mentoring, events, meetups and more.

Jessica Chung, CTO and Co-Founder of TraX, MRE (Multi-family Real Estate), makes it easy for real-estate professionals and property managers to automate and manage their processes.

JOBS! Every week, we highlight a number of open jobs for our member companies. If you're looking for an exciting career in the tech industry or an opportunity to work alongside Chicago's best and brightest, then you've come to the right place. Here are the job openings for the week of March 27, 2018.

1871 is partnering with one of the nation's leading women's organizations to create safe and healthy workplaces with sexual harassment training, education, and awareness. The program will include six public events, mandatory training for all of 1871's members, and establish an anonymous hotline for the 1871 community.

Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Orbit Media Studios which helps companies with web design, development, and strategy, shares a number of valuable marketing tips and insights. 

Tiffany Williams, CEO and Founder of Givly, is making it easier to give back by revolutionizing the way donors and nonprofits do philanthropy.